“Indian is not a Costume” & Film Screening – 7 Feb in Salzburg

Wednesday, 07.02.2024, 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Organizer: Afro-Asian Institute Salzburg Too many Indigenous communities and people around the world have not yet received the appropriate apologies, reparations, restitution or land restitution they deserve. In many places, they are still discriminated against socially and structurally. Deprived not only of their land and their environment, but […]

Racism as Culture: Carnival Costumes, #CulturalAppropriation & #Germany – #Faschingskostüme #KulturelleAneignung

VIDEO – This week on (link) MDR’s “recap” – Faschingskostüme: Ist Rassismus vielen egal? Myself and several others on the topic of racism, cultural appropriation, carnival, rassimus, Faschingskostüme, Kulturelle Aneignung. How do you create meaningful dialogue and create change to educate upon and end racist practices? Like the title of our documentary (“Forget Winnetou! Loving […]

Just in time for Fasching & Karneval the article: “Silly clichés have an impact on the lives of real people” #NativeAmerican #Stereotypes #Germany

“Absoluter Geheimtipp auf Disney+ bekommt eine dritte Staffel!” by Kristina Kielblock at kino.de. (In German)  A new article on some of the current and upcoming shows centering Native American, First Nations and Indigenous peoples that (most importantly) were made by Natives for everyone. Natives also working in healthy cooperation and collaborations with other peoples and groups […]

“Two-Spirit” – Fiction, Facts & Misuse

My original post on the topic was way back in 2010, “Two-Spirit-Tradition, History & Future”, so I wanted to do an updated version because my knowledge expanded also, from the wisdom of Native/Indigenous scholars, elders and elders-to-be. This is information I share and include in some workshops or presentations if applicable, or if someone asks […]

The Whitecentric #Winnetou Controversy in #Germany is Overshadowing Important Topics like #RostockLichtenhagen but the Root Cause is the same: #Racism & White Supremacist Ideology

In a recent Twitter post an important point was made by Dr. Noa Ha, a participant from our documentary, “Forget Winnetou! Loving in the Wrong Way” and a “(Post)colonial urbanist. Des/integration, critical race, decolonial studies. @ art school Berlin-Weissensee and DeZIM.” I responded on the thread “Another facet of whiteness and whiteness-centeredness, both of which […]