The federal government is poised to apologize for how it treated Inuit who were plucked from their communities across the North and taken to sanatoriums in southern Canada for tuberculosis treatment in the mid-20th century.
The president of Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. (NTI), the organization that speaks for Inuit in Nunavut, made the announcement during its annual general meeting this week.
Aluki Kotierk says, in asking for an apology, the organization is not asking for compensation.
“I wish the federal government would work on this quickly, but we are expecting the apology any time now,” Kotierk said in Inuktitut.
so regarding letter bombs being sent to george soros, barack obama, maxine waters, et. al., sean hannity is currently interviewing eric trump about how mean everybody has been to the trump family
This is a good time to start telling people that when you hear someone make a contrast between “globalists” and “nationalists”
It is meant to make a contrast between “Jews” and “white people”
And it totally made me cry a few times. And it made something tight hurt inside my stomach.
And everything in me rebelled at the way Ryan and Yaz were treated in that time. And of course at the glimpse into the injustice of that time and the situation which made Rosa stand up for herself (…so to speak).
There were so many powerful moments in this episode. Like the conversation between Ryan and Yaz when they were hiding behind a dumpster from the racist cop. And the moment where they were thrown out of that diner. And the part where Yaz couldn’t figure out where she was ‘supposed’ to sit. And of course the end, where they all had to sit and be silent and do nothing and be complicit because the moment where Rosa Parks refuses to stand and gets arrested for it is too important.
But I also love this episode because of its other moments too. Like the excitement on Ryan’s face at getting to serve coffee to Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr. Or him getting to blast a time traveling white supremacist into the far reaches of the past (hope he ends up having a TERRIBLE time).
Or the time Yaz spent with Rosa Parks talking about being a police officer and that connection they made.
Or the part where Ryan and Graham mentioned Grace and how she would have started a riot.
Or the way The Doctor gives them the opportunity to go back to the TARDIS because no, they shouldn’t have to deal with this racist garbage and they stay to help protect the history of the woman who had fought for the future they live in.
Like… this is honestly one of the best Doctor Who episodes ever. It’s certainly one of the most important ones. And I’m definitely going to rewatch it again. And again after that probably.
Since telling my Mum that I considered myself ace, I already noticed that she was a bit… too interested, if you want to say it like that. Asking for “signs”, or how being ace feels like… I tried to answer her to the best of my ability, giving her links to websites that would explain better as I ever could.
Today she said, very quietly, “Do you think I could be ace, too?”
And I said very carefully “If you think it suits you, I don’t see why not”
And my Mum, my strong, self-confident Mum, who never once has ever felt uncomfortable in her own skin as far as I know, beamed in relief. Relief.
Because she never knew. Because getting married young and bearing children for her husband (meaning sex) was expected of her. Because everyone gave her the feeling as if something would be wrong or broken about her if she didn’t want, didn’t do that.
Because her whole life long, she thought there was something wrong with her.
I’m honestly torn between feeling happy and relieved for her, and angry that humanity has such trouble with showing some understanding to those who don’t fit in the boxes society has designed for all of us.
Update: My
Mum was getting ready for bed when I noticed her humming loudly around her
toothbrush and I asked her what the good mood was about.
She beamed
around a mouth-full of toothpaste and said, very proudly and deliberately, “I
think I like that, being ace.”
And continued
on with her brushing, humming a bit louder.
(Or in
other words, I’m more than a little bit teary eyed.)
I had almost the exact same conversation with my Mom. We were talking about the LGBT acronym and explained that it’s LGBTQ and that some people add the PIA at the end as well. And she asked me “What’s the a?” So when I explained it she said immediately “Me. That’s like me.”
This is why I get so mad at people who think this is all just trendy bs, people just don’t have the vocabulary or permission to describe their lived experience.
This is the most wholesome thing I’ve ever read, bless this post 🙌🏼
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