Is Colonial Black, the New White?


Why is it that everyone RARELY ever mentions Indigenous Peoples and the racial targeting thereof.  Well that's just how it works...
 Hush hush on the colonial on Indigenous violence, but if it was any colonial citizen or prospective colonial citizen being targeted, then of course canadians/americans would be all up in arms. Watching some of the BLM rallies of recent, many of them have absolutely no respect for the Indigenous genocide that took place here or even the undeniable fact, that EVEN IN THE U.S, Indigenous People are killed by police at higher rates than any other demographic INCLUDING blacks, but are just not reported or covered by the media.
One black fellow at an anti-racism rally totally cut off an Indigenous woman who tried to represent the Indigenous perspective. He kept interrupting her as she tried to speak saying "ok, ok, alright..." trying to get her off the mic. And even though he did say after "our black and brown, lives"... it was too late, it was clear in his voice and actions he, and as I can attest to many others as well, black anti-racism advocates don't give a shit about Indigenous lives even though they might concede a shout-out once in a while. 
The Indigenous woman was left standing there, with others in the crowd chastising her, apologetic for trying to defend her right to speak for her own people, on her own land, about the Truth that colonial black lives matter more than Indigenous Peoples Lives!!! 
The following is an excerpt from an article from 2016 but most un-shockingly, is that as usual, I myself cannot find any statistics for "Native Americans". And don't you be thinking we are listed under the "other" categories in america cuz most times, we are not. AMERICANS DON'T INCLUDE US INTO MOST OF THEIR STATISTICS, which is why you see black folks always representing higher negatively in and around the discourse of social justice instead of the Indigenous People…
“The racial group most likely to be killed by law enforcement is Native Americans, followed by African Americans, Latinos, Whites and Asian Americans,” according to the Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice. Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention collected between 1999 and 2011 shows that Native Americans, who are 0.8 percent of the United States population, comprise 1.9 percent of police killings. They are 3.1 times more likely to be killed by police than whites. (Law enforcement kills African Americans at 2.8 times the rate of whites.)
What about all the Indigenous people who were killed by police just in the recent weeks, yet the majority focus and sympathy lies towards black lives.
Frack black lives matter!!! Because #AllLifeMatters, and they have their own homelands they can return to. I am sick of Indigenous, animal, plant and microbial life being pushed to the damn margins for a People who is just as oppressive to the Indigenous Peoples and our land, as any other colonial group/corporation/demographic. Ya they're being killed by police at high rates in the U.S, but I doubt as much as Indigenous People. They are also much higher on the stratification ladder than my people, BY FAR!  And from my experience of many anti-racism discussions and initiatives over the years, aside from the systemic oppression, many simply want equal access to the same environmentally destructive rights and privileges the white-man has...  and the majority don't give a shit about my People or our causes unless it's a rally they can shout... BLM! 
And I know there are a few BLM groups upholding and respecting Indigenous rights and our people, but WAY too many are NOT, and I'm just trying to get our people to recognize and start taking control of the narrative for the benefit and truth for our people, not someone else's.




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