I talked to a native person and asked what they prefer instead of "Native American." They said they like being called "native," "first nation," and "indigenous." And in Austrailia, you can also call natives "aboriginal."
Makes sense.
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I hope you nerds have a good month of April 
Remember no crackers
had a white leftist I know blame me for the fact that I haven't been able to land a job
yeah.
that didn't sit right with me at all
The place you interviewed at earlier didn't call you back?
Also that bootstrap protestant work ethic still lingers in so-called "leftists." Like they'll say how homelessness is a systemic problem, but then blame individuals for the material conditions that cause people to end up on the street.
This recent interview I did apparently might take up to a week to get back (not counting business days), so that would be on Thursday.
kind of your fault for not being born as the child of a business owner
Happy May One, everybody
Happy worker's day!
I fear some states in the US like diseases based on the assumption that there's more gross things about them. I have religious trauma as an ex-Christian, so I never want to go to the Bible belt. California seems nice, except I hope I never see the cursed concentration camp at the border. Is this negative of me in any way? I want people to be safe and some states seem like they have more uncomfortable amounts of danger than others... Including the danger of abandonment, I'm sad each time I remember the US abandoning people to things like a complete lack of clean water and weather disasters. That stuff sounds like being in a version of Silent Hill.
Honestly, I think the main themes here are that I hate abusive control and neglect.
Say it loud!
(Took this concept from a tweet) Black excellence is neoliberal BS to get us to ignore capitalist imperialism in favor of liberal democracy. I reject Black excellence, my ancestors had Black power and Black pride, and that's what I'll have.
It reminds me of people who think that Black solidarity stops at supporting Black businesses and glazing Black billionaires.
I went into a Black owned clothing shop once that had hoodies with George Jackson quotes for sale then a Black billionaire wall with Beyonce and Rhianna.
What's black excellence about?
It's mostly meaningless. I've seen it used for Black folk that have big houses and corporate jobs to Black people that win an award. It's tied to nothing beyond asthetic
Starting to understand why many posters here mostly stick to this community only 
I appreciate this space and you all 
my favorite part about this community is obviously how chill it is but we are the funniest community on this platform
Man it’s so sad seeing what’s happening in the philippines, power to the NPA, power to the people, may we all achieve liberation soon
to the NPA, long live National Democracy
Death to fascists, death to Marcos-Duterte comprador regime and all its like, death to US imperialism
our colonizers make us ASK THEM to buy russian oil with the country's own money
Seeing all the US did and still does to the Philippines to this day breaks my heart.
I wish I wasn't disabled so I could get on a flight right now and do whatever they need volunteers for :(
Hope everyone has a good week. This week has a lot of cool stuff and releases for lil ol me.
Got an over the phone interview for a remote position in about 2 hours. People say this company mass hires, so hopefully something comes out of it! 🤞🏿
Update: Went quite well and all. I apparently get an update in 24 to 48 hours.