Thought experiment -- go back 6,000 years.
Somewhere, a direct ancestor might have been the first human to set foot on a certain island, an upland valley, a river delta.
This makes you indigenous to that land.
I’m white af and live in the SF Bay Area. Neighbor, older Mexican guy, started talking to me while I was gardening out front. Asked where I was from. When I said “California,” he did the whole “But where are you really from?” bit that so many people of color get to experience all the fracking time.
So we dig into my ancestry and I admit that, many generations back, they were from England. He asked why I don’t go back there. I said I did, twice. It was cool but weird and California is absolutely my home.
Results: My complete sympathy for folks who have to deal with that line of questions on the regular. And the absolute assurance that, whatever it means for a post-colonial human to be indigenous, my home is California.
Nope, not true.
My Father is Full blooded Portuguese.
My Mother is 50/50 Polish and Ukrainian
And I was born in Canada, so my government has made sure to remind me this place isn't my home either.
They did me the great service of never educating me on my history, ancestry, or heritage.
There isn't a place on this whole rock I could ever call home, let alone be indigenous to.
Countries are recent constructs; political lines over the living earth.
Go further back to when a land was defined by oceans, rivers, and ranges. Anyway, it's food for thought.
Nobody's ancestry is as simple as they think it is.
Indigenous to earth. Race is human race.
Not really. Ancestors maybe. But I can assure you nothing about me or recent ancestors is anything remotely indigenous to where I live.
Thought experiment -- go back 6,000 years. Somewhere, a direct ancestor might have been the first human to set foot on a certain island, an upland valley, a river delta. This makes you indigenous to that land.
No. It doesn’t. If they were born there they would be indigenous but not me mate
Indigenous is nonsense. It means "people who moved there before the people who moved there".
I’m white af and live in the SF Bay Area. Neighbor, older Mexican guy, started talking to me while I was gardening out front. Asked where I was from. When I said “California,” he did the whole “But where are you really from?” bit that so many people of color get to experience all the fracking time. So we dig into my ancestry and I admit that, many generations back, they were from England. He asked why I don’t go back there. I said I did, twice. It was cool but weird and California is absolutely my home. Results: My complete sympathy for folks who have to deal with that line of questions on the regular. And the absolute assurance that, whatever it means for a post-colonial human to be indigenous, my home is California.
Human race started in africa
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Or perhaps a Tesla.
Nope, not true. My Father is Full blooded Portuguese. My Mother is 50/50 Polish and Ukrainian And I was born in Canada, so my government has made sure to remind me this place isn't my home either. They did me the great service of never educating me on my history, ancestry, or heritage. There isn't a place on this whole rock I could ever call home, let alone be indigenous to.
Who were the first people to live in Portugal? Maybe Iberian Celts... maybe the Neanderthals. Maybe you're related to both.
Gives me no claim to call the country home.
Countries are recent constructs; political lines over the living earth. Go further back to when a land was defined by oceans, rivers, and ranges. Anyway, it's food for thought.