"It is a particular form of Indian-on-Indian racism, or what we might call intra-cultural racism. It is based on the concept of authenticity, a peculiar racial logic which presupposes that a person's genetic makeup alone deems who is "real" as an indigenous person, regardless of their lived experience, family history, upbringing, or markers of cultural competence. To be called a breed is to be condescended to by someone ostensibly more authentic, implying that you as a breed are "less than," you are racially-possibly culturally- incompetent, and your identity claims are dubious. You are altogether genetically inferior."
-The Ugliness of Indian-on-Indian Racism by Dina Gilio-Whitaker
Indian Country Today
2-13-14
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