Before there were “Land Acknowledgments,” as written pledges of recognition of the first Earth-Keepers living in North America, Indigenous Peoples of this land, now known as the United States of America, had lifeways that embodied respect for the land. Tribal languages, customs, habits, clan systems, social organization, and totems speak volumes about these relationships. For my Tsoyaha or Yuchi People, removal from our homelands nearly two hundred years ago through the depredations of US policy constituted a climate change event.
University of pennsylvania law professor with a track record of making racist remarks gained national attention again this work for doing, well, just that. i think there is just a tremendous amount of resentment and shame of non-western peoples against western peoples for western peoples outsized achievements and contributions. i mean, it s really unbearable. i was actually, you know, leaving a side american blacks who i think do feel that resentment and shame and envy, this unholy brew of sentiments. amy wax has spewed hateful rhetoric toward minority communities for many, many years saying back in 2017 she doesn t ever think she s graduated in the top quarter of the class and rarely in the top half and the