I need y’all to stop what you’re doing if possible, and read this article Dani wrote. Share it. Support indigenous people’s during this super violent months by understanding why these costumes are a problem and checking your peers.

Indigenous women have some of the highest rates of sexual assault and violence by non native men, and the underlying reasonings for being targeted are directly related to ongoing erasure, fetishization and genocide.

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https://wearyourvoicemag.com/identities/race/yandy-violence-indigenous-women

Yandy's Native American Costumes Perpetuate Violence Against Indigenous Women

Our society can never really eradicate patriarchy or sexual violence when we permit violence against Indigenous women.

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