Steve Dragswolf 🪶5d ago

RE: https://mastodon.social/@jonesmurphy/116331824962541537

I wouldn’t say that most federally recognized Natives are white-passing but many are. Also, it’s far too derivative to say that most of these Natives are white supremacists. There are plenty of NDNs that are darker-skinned, myself included, along with the majority of my tribe. Mullin, for all his MAGA faults, has also worked with and for tribal issues alongside democrats. Regardless, many Natives in governmental positions fight for the gov instead of tribal nations, sadly.

Show threadJones Murphy5d ago
@dragswolf I do know of Natives in South Dakota for example who are not white-passing and who are serious progressives. In my years living in Oklahoma, I did not meet any Native who wasn't a horrific white supremacist. Not one. Election outcomes in OK and SD strongly indicate there are a lot of Natives there and across the country who in fact identify as white supremacists. I'm black, originally from the Caribbean, and my DNA has more Native than Mullin, Stitt and a whole bunch of'em combined.
Show threadJones Murphy5d ago
@dragswolf Latinos have enormous Native ancestry. Yet Trump won Latinos too, because so many who are visibly Native also identify as white supremacists. Federally registered Natives, Latinos and many other groups of people of color vote more like whites than like blacks. This is shameful, degusting and is doing major harm to this country and to the world.
Show threadSteve Dragswolf 🪶
@jonesmurphy While your experience is true to you, it doesn’t offer a full picture. The assertion that most Natives don’t have much Indian blood and are white supremacists is objectively false due to the fact that the majority of the 560+ tribes operate off of blood quantum that requires a set amount, typically 1/4, of Indian blood to be federally recognized. Only the Cherokee, your experience, don’t do that. I’m 15/16ths my tribe. Most Indians know their blood quantum.
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Show threadSteve Dragswolf 🪶5d ago
@jonesmurphy The percentage of Indians polled in a sel-identifying survey as voting for Trump is still small and doesn’t reveal that the majority are white supremacists. More are Democrats/liberal if political. Many don’t vote at all due to heavy distrust of the government and a large dislike of white people in general. I don’t agree with that side either. Anyway, I’m not your enemy and won’t dig further. I simply disagree with you.
Show threadJones Murphy4d ago
@dragswolf yes, we totally disagree. Trump won Latinos, the group with the majority of Native American ancestry in the US nowadays. Several tribes officially endorsed Trump and campaigned hard for him.
Show threadJones Murphy4d ago
@dragswolf it is true that my worst enemies are the Republicans. But I don't consider anyone an ally who denies the tremendous complicity of people of color in genocidal white supremacism. That goes back to the European onslaught on Africa, let alone the later invasion of the Americas. 25% of GOP voters are people of color. There's too much white supremacism among Democratic voters, but it's meaningfully less suicidal.