MeerderWörter’s Comments (group member since Jan 08, 2016)

MeerderWörter’s comments from the Our Shared Shelf group.

Emma wrote: "I think there is a change that I have noticed over my lifetime living in the US. When I was little, everyone said "Happy Columbus Day". However this year, for example, I saw four different snapchat..."

That is definitely change but then it is not enough...

Today is Columbus Day in the US...

well... another one of those completely white-washed stories...

I will never say Happy Columbus Day to anyone, because ugh, disgusting...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRQeC...

Cendaquenta wrote: "Turns out the Russian woman pouring bleach on men's laps was a fake.
https://twitter.com/RossalynWarren/st..."

Ugh, I don't even wanna start on this one - but let's face it, that it was fake won't be spread as far and much as the original mesage

Leslie wrote: "Is it September 30 every year now? I will put it on my calendar for next year.
Was the residential school in question in Canada, or the US?
Thanks for responding."

Here is some more information on it, especially why it is called OrangeShirtDay:
https://www.cbc.ca/books/12-books-to-...

Leslie wrote: "Is it September 30 every year now? I will put it on my calendar for next year.
Was the residential school in question in Canada, or the US?
Thanks for responding."

It is every year.
It was in Canada I think, because a)in the US they were boarding schools, and the US doesn't acknowledge them at all, the history connected to them.

Leslie wrote: "MeerderWörter wrote: "Florian wrote: "I was wondering, why the colour orange? I guess my question is:Is there any meaning behind this colour?

I did not find the information after a quick research ..."

September 30th, so today.

Florian wrote: "I was wondering, why the colour orange? I guess my question is:Is there any meaning behind this colour?

I did not find the information after a quick research so maybe someone knows"

It's because a young girl, when going to the RS that she had to go to, couldn' take an orange shirt with her that her grandmother had given her as a gift.

Today is OrangeShirtDay!

It is to remember the atrocities and the barbaric methods the Indigenous people in Canada and the US had to face. "Kill the Indian, Save the Man" was their motto, until the very end.
The last residential school closed in the late 1990s, so this IS an ongoing issue that affects people to this very day.

Vincent Schilling, Akwesasne Mohawk, has written an article about OrangeShirtDay in IndianCountryToday:
https://newsmaven.io/indiancountrytod...

Venkatesh wrote: "I think I am too late for this but, how do I join the discussion? 😊"

Oh, you're not too late, you can always join, it's every saturday...

Today is Native Women Equal Pay Day in the US:

Article from Ruth H. Hopkins (Oceti Sakowin; Great Sioux Nations)
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/...

Lakota Woman by Mary Crow Dog and Richard Erdoes

Seriously, I think that basically everyone should read this book.

And also:

Intersex

Keith wrote: "La Meute "claim" on their Facebook page that they support the rights of indigenous peoples and respect them.

Odd that they didn't see fit to advise the mayor of Oka of their planned meeting and d..."

Or you know, ask the Mohawk Nation if they give them permission to do whatever they want to do.

To say it in Rebekah Ingram's words:

"The first rule of the internet also applies to real life.
#dontmesswiththeHaudenosaunee"

"Honestly, who wakes up in the morning and thinks:' Hey, let's go piss off some Mohawks' is a good idea?"

I definitely agree with her on this. Who thinks it is a good idea to piss off the Mohawks after Oka?

FYI: In the summer of 1990, Oka, Quebec, was the place where the Oka crisis took place. Why? Because settlers wanted to expand the golf course onto a cemetery of the Mohawk, who in return, very understandably, resisted.
And they were in for the long run.


So who thinks it is a good idea to piss them off? I don't think so.

Sascha wrote: "I just watched this great video by Kat Lazo from her series The Kat Call and wanna share it with you.

Can LATINOS BENEFIT From WHITE PRIVILEGE?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWt2v...

White p..."

Hmm, is it covering issues like white-passing?
No time to watch the video right now...

Jo wrote: "MeerderWörter wrote: "Maybe someone can amend the title?
I find it a bit misleading."

Is that any better? :)"

Yes. Thanks for amending.

Maybe someone can amend the title?
I find it a bit misleading.

It's not a ban, but still a start.

It is with great relief that I can finally say:

California made it!

"California just became the first state to pass legislation on intersex rights. SCR-110 calls on the medical profession to delay cosmetic genital surgery on intersex children until individuals can participate in an informed decision, per international human rights guidelines."

https://twitter.com/interACT_adv/stat...


Okay, can I go happy-cry now?

Jo wrote: "An interesting article I found about Intersex today: 'I Didn't Know I Was Intersex — Until I Made a Film About an Intersex Character' the link is here: https://www.them.us/story/intersex-id......"

I realise I never really replied to you.
I need to watch it yet, but I am very happy that the intersex movement is becoming more diverse.
Btw, I never saw Intersex being capitalized, but I like it.

Sascha wrote: "Well, yes we already have a thread on OSS adressing this issue but it seems to be out of use: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/..."

Okay, good.
I'm wondering why it didn't show up when I searched for it.