If I support the land stuff, does it matter if I mess up and say the wrong thing?” It was an interesting point. Does it matter? I think so. If we’re not actively fighting oppression then we probably shouldn’t be contributing to it in any way, big or small. But how does one explain that one private comment doesn’t make a difference, that it’s the agglomeration of comments and beliefs that creates a culture that permits ridiculing American Indians and using them as logos and mascots, which then trivializes their injustices and makes political gains less likely? How could I have made my brother
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