American Indians & White Supremacist Thought

[Wetzelbill]

opednews.com
The primary ideology of Modern Colonial thought is white supremacy. Here we examine a quick example of how an indigenous person can at once be indigenous and a white supremacist.

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This is a snippet of something I am working on. A direct quote from Blackfeet actress Misty Upham on her Facebook page. The first thing you have to understand about Modern Colonialism is that it's primary ideology is white supremacy. So white supremacists aren't necessarily people in the KKK or Aryan groups, they are simply people who believe that the white culture is superior, sometimes the people who believe that are those who aren't even white themselves. You will notice in that one paragraph several assumptions. That Natives automatically "hate" those who are successful and that the successful people are mostly white. You will also notice that she automatically believes that natives are weak minded and have low self confidence. She then implies that she has "EARNED" her station in life, as if no other Indian ever has. Were she true in her convictions she wouldn't allow criticism to get to her, instead she assumes all natives who disagree with her, somebody who has made it in the "white" world are all "hateful." In this you see an indigenous person who identifies with the white culture, believes them to be superior, and goes to great lengths to align herself with it. So the perceived hate of indigenous people towards white people, also becomes a hatred for her, the person who has aligned herself with what she believes is the superior culture.


A fascinating mindset, one of which I will be exploring much more in the future. - Bill


Misty Upham
17 hours ago via mobile

I am through with trying to help Natives. Their attitudes and hate towards anyone who is successful and racism towards white people is why the rez is so fukked up. Was trying to help and they accused me of doing it for press. Poverty state of mind and low self-confidence. Nobody can say I didn't try. Until our people learn to respect the land (clean up the rez) appreciate sh*t that's done for them and learn to stop fighting over shitty, petty things I think they belong in their misery. Fuk em. I'm gonna enjoy my life and all the years of hard work I put in and EARNED. Not gonna feel guilty. Done wasting my time with such hateful people.

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[newfie11]

1. Me thinks she is full of shit

I worked 10 years on the South Dakota Lakota reservations and saw none of what she is saying.
I grew up and went to school with Navajos and was totally accepted.

You get what you give and I think this is her problem, not Native Americans in general.

[bemildred]

2. Maybe full of herself. Lot's of projection there. nt

[Wetzelbill]

4. I would definitely say some projection

for sure.

[Wetzelbill]

3. she has a vapid nonexistent view

of natives. She has no bearing on reality, because she's never grown up there and has just allowed an amalgam of stereotypes to permeate into her thought and she has decided that is reality.

[unionthug777]

5. how insulting !!

misty sounds like an apple. i don't believe any "race" is superior. what would the outcome be if, so long ago, the natives had cannons and muskets and the boat people just had bows and arrows? would that make us superior? i live in the "white man's" world. doesn't make me want to be white. i am proud of my native american heritage. and i pass it on to my kids. i also teach them not to judge someone because of the color of their skin. i ramble, i know. that is all i have to say.

[Wetzelbill]

6. I am both native and white

A person can be proud to be who they are, no matter what. That she denigrates her own people to that extent is really disgraceful.

[unionthug777]

7. i concur.

she must be ashamed of her heritage. so it seems.

[Wetzelbill]

8. it's fascinating

She both uses it to her advantage, like talking about being related to a chief etc in interviews, but has a loathing for the people who are around today.