These are excerpts from a recent Facebook conversation I had with a few friends. Yes, friends. Not just “friends.” I have edited it for some content issues, and names have been replaced to protect the guilty, er, to maintain some privacy, I mean.
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Me: Black History Month is the shortest month of the year. Hmmm.
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Yasmine: Yet oddly….there is no native American history month…..hmmmm…..eff this country’s morals
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Me: Actually, Yaz. There is. And their month (November) is bigger than ours.
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Yaz: Really bc I’ve never heard of it, there is no special tv programming for it, it’s not plastered on advertising boards
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Me: They aren’t great with advertising. Man, now I wanna go to the casino…
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Yaz: And it’s okay for people of other cultures and heritages to use traditional names in this country but did you know a native [She originally put “naive.” I thought that was a funny spin] American person has to register under what is called a Christian American name???
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Yaz: Is bc they aren’t allowed Sam…..my pap left the reservation and married my Irish gram, took her name so we didn’t have to live like that.
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Yaz: I’m just saying America had it’s priorities screwed and it always will, don’t take the bs from this country seriously, it’s not worth it
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Me: Anyone can advertise. Serious. We have the internet now. And stuff.
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Trevon: I did not know about November either. Partly Oneida on my dads side.
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Me: Good thing I’m around. I can edumacate you alls.
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Yaz: See????? No one speaks of this stuff!!! I’m moving out of here i swear to ra i am lol….I’m not saying God anymore either bc America us shoving that in our throats too…I’m bored living here.
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Yaz: Ireland me thinks, it’s okay to be Irish in Ireland, it’s just not okay to be native American in America
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Me: “In God we trust.” “One nation, under God..”
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Me: And since when were the Indians native to this country? Hmmm.
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Yaz: Lol sam
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Siobhan: Oh don’t you start ! There’s no white history month… Or red or brown or yellow… Blacks a pretty important color if ya look at it that way.;p)
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Me: Uh, every month is white history month, Siobhan.
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Me: And some Indians are brown, and yellow. And…
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Siobhan: Whatever… Your reaching… I prefer origins not colors. I never put white on applications… If there isn’t European decent I put other.
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Siobhan: May as well put pasty… It’s just silly
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Me: You’re a decent European? I always pick “other”.
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Me: And I’m not actually black. I’m brown. And you’re pink, and peach. 😉
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Siobhan: Descent fat fingers small keyboard
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Me: Every month IS white history month. Check the history books.
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Siobhan: Never heard anyone announce hey it’s white history month. Just saying… Punk
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Me: Haha. I announced it last month.
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Siobhan: Oh sorry. Missed it;)
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Me: It’s okay, white girl. I got you covered.
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Shania: it might be short, but it’s got valentine’s day. so lots of action
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Me: Don’t forget president’s day too.
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Yaz: Sam i love you this is why i will repeat myself: you ate the whitest black man i know lmao
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Yaz: Are
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Yaz: Haha funny both ways though
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Me: I am so white and nerdy.
Sam
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