Discover and read the best of Twitter Threads about #Thanksgiving2021
Most recents (2)
1. “The narrative around #Thanksgiving today ignores our history”
The story of America is incomplete without understanding the genocide of Indigenous populations
It is a day of national mourning #ThanksgivingDay #Thanksgiving2021 #NationalDayOfMourning
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The story of America is incomplete without understanding the genocide of Indigenous populations
It is a day of national mourning #ThanksgivingDay #Thanksgiving2021 #NationalDayOfMourning
aje.io/6zdc3f
2. “To me, #Thanksgiving is a reminder of our resistance as Indigenous People navigating this settler society that continuously tries to erase & destroy us, yet we are still here.”
#MUSTREAD 2018 essay by @lilnativeboy
#ThanksgivingDay #Thanksgiving2021
papermag.com/thanksgiving-n…
#MUSTREAD 2018 essay by @lilnativeboy
#ThanksgivingDay #Thanksgiving2021
papermag.com/thanksgiving-n…
3/. For Indigenous Americans, #Thanksgiving = a #dayofmourning
For other Americans, #ThanksgivingDay = a day to start along the road of redemption
Redemption requires:
🌻Acknowledgment
🌻Contrition
🌻Penance (i.e. making amends)
At COP26 this man took two steps along this path
For other Americans, #ThanksgivingDay = a day to start along the road of redemption
Redemption requires:
🌻Acknowledgment
🌻Contrition
🌻Penance (i.e. making amends)
At COP26 this man took two steps along this path
Only 1% of charitable donations in Canada go to Indigenous-led charities, meanwhile Indigenous people make up 5% of the population. So tell me, which Indigenous-led charity will you be donating to this #ThanksGIVING2021?
(For reference...) @canadiancharity canadiancharitylaw.ca/blog/canadian-…
