cultural heritage
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Why Your Abuela Says “Mejorando La Raza”—And Why It’s Colonial Programming
The 500-year-old Spanish colonial system designed to make Indigenous peoples ashamed of themselves and compete for whiteness. It’s called the casta system, and it’s still running your family’s brain. Read More at https://Livity.Blog (link in bio 🔗)
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They Made Indigenous Peoples “Black” to Steal the Land
Before colonizers arrived, North America had sophisticated civilizations that built structures rivaling Egypt’s pyramids. Cahokia, near present-day St. Louis, had 20,000 people—larger than London at the time… Historical accounts describe diverse Indigenous populations, including dark-skinned peoples who built these civilizations. The Kaw people of Kansas were described as having skin “as black as Negros.” Various…
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The Great Erasure: How Census Systems Severed Indigenous Identity Across the Americas
The Hidden Story of America’s First Census Cover-Up In the dusty archives of Carroll County, Georgia lies a 1830 census record that reveals one of America’s most systematic acts of bureaucratic erasure. The entire Cherokee Indian population—138 people with names like Pumpkinpile, Raincrow, and Swimmer—were officially classified as “colored persons” rather than as Cherokee Indians.