RE: Gender and Class (Jim Craven)

["Eliyanna (Erin) Kaiser" <erin@xxxxxxxxxx>]

> Response (Jim C) But I have to be really blunt here: I have seen very few
> self-described
> "feminists" (of the variety that are into women/feminist only groups) that
> have supported tangibly Indian struggles
> <snip>
> So Nancy, what have you done tangibly (in writing, demonstrations or
> whatever) to support the just struggles of Indigenous Peoples against
> colonialism, imperialism, racism and genocide and for independence,
> self-determination and sovereignty of nations? Or, to take it to the gender
> level, what concrete struggles of Indigenous women have you participated in
> or even written about? How many reserves/reservations have you been on?
> Which women Indigenous activists do you know and how many have you tangibly
> helped?

Excuse me Jim, but why on earth would you single out anyone because they
are a woman and a self-described "feminist" and make them justify
themselves to you, based on that identity? Are you going to ask the same
question of the non self-described feminists? How is it that being a man
who doesn't call himself a feminist makes you MORE instead of LESS likely
to be active on issues of aboriginal self-determination?

Jim: Why on earth did you do that to Nancy?

Has everyone here gone completely insane?'

Eliyanna



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