I don’t even know what happened here. Should I be laughing? Because I’m laughing.
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Anonymous asked
Yeah that last anon had no idea what they were talking about. Also if they're talking about interactions with native Americans in the continental united states that was mostly Protestants
Anonymous asked
and you are getting confused christianity and catholicism are two different religions. The example of westernizing the native americans, that was catholic not christian.
I’m… pretty sure Catholicism and Christianity aren’t two completely different religions…?
Anonymous asked
christianity did not come from the colonies, they were quakers, protestants EVERYTHING BUT christians, they were fleeing from christian persecutors from england, the events that you are talking about come way later, i don't think that you understand that. and i never talked about head dresses or culture appropriation.
Then where are you even coming from? This conversation was about cultural appropriation. Where are you even coming from?
And Christianity has still been spread through colonial means one way or another. So.
Anonymous asked
oh no it wasn't, but seriously what part did i miss? and why would you say you are laughing?
Christianity is the most widely practiced religion. It has been spread through colonialism. It has been forced on people. Not even just Native Americans.
Christianity is also the most commonly practiced religion by white people. White people have white privilege. When we take and use things like headdresses and dreamcatchers from the cultures of PoC, that’s cultural appropriation.
When they take things like the cross from us, it’s not the same. At all.
There’s power dynamics at play here in addition the fact that we pushed Christianity onto so many of these people.
Anonymous asked
"You obviously know nothing about religeon, its not about race. If a PoC is a christian/catholic it would be okay to wear st peters cross like if a white woman is muslim its okay to wear a hijab. If you’re not religeon don’t wear their sacred symbols!" that was not a part of it, you added that in.
…I didn’t add… anything. It must have been from a different anon. I assumed it was part of your Asks.
Anonymous asked
in response to that anon who doest get it: yes i do get it. and you're wrong the systematic thing that you are talking about came much after the colonies, to be correct the original colonist, and take a history class and maybe you will learn something as i am a history major specializing in US history, did not kill any natives in the beginning, that came much after. The taking away of the children came during the westward expansion pt.
that was when the children were taking and forced to be westernized and the religion that was responsible for that was Catholicism not christianity. also christianity may be popular but that does not mean that the people practice it. You can ask people if they are christian and a majority will respond yes, but the follow up question should be: do you practice it. and to be honest that number will be lower. as to america i think your readers are being confused with evangelicals, mormons. pt 2
Those are the ones behind most of the abortion issues, but thats not to say that catholics and christians arent either. It just bothers me when i see these things especially from people who have been to just high school history witch does not teach a lot of the truth but is just selective. pt 3.
Anonymous asked
also i am not trying to be mean just helping out. so i hope you don't take it the wrong way Pt 4
Oh ok.
Anonymous asked
But what your saying is since a lot of people are in the christan family its okay to desicrate a sacred symbol?
Oh my God. Is there someone who can better explain why a PoC using a Christian cross is not the fucking same as a white person donning a headdress? I can’t even.
Anonymous asked
"Yes, since we’re talking about Christianity. These pages might be somewhat relevant. Christianity is the most widely practiced religion, not to mention the way it was forcibly spread via colonialism." nope you are wrong christianity is not widely practiced, and spread via colonialism what are you talking about? do you mean by the colonies because if you are omg you are so wrong.
…You seriously think that Christianity is not widely practiced?
Anonymous asked
By the link you sent me when asking about st peters cross your assuming I'm white. In not I'm mexican. Does your answer still stand?
Yes, since we’re talking about Christianity. These pages might be somewhat relevant. Christianity is the most widely practiced religion, not to mention the way it was forcibly spread via colonialism.
Edit: And I apologize, most of the cultural appropriation questions I get are other white people wanting to know why they can’t dance around in a Native American headdress or something. :P
