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" I mean, she is a cartoon, we are real people, we don’t fucking talk to raccoons and trees!” Angel joked, exasperated. What’s no joke, however, are the real consequences this archetype has had. The sexualizing and animalizing of Native women through the perpetuation of the Princess Pocahontas myth is occurring in a context where violence against Native women is increasing. "

Ruby Hamad , White Tears/Brown Scars: How White Feminism Betrays Women of Color


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Ruby Hamad quote : I mean, she is a cartoon, we are real people, we don’t fucking talk to raccoons and trees!” Angel joked, exasperated. What’s no joke, however, are the real consequences this archetype has had. The sexualizing and animalizing of Native women through the perpetuation of the Princess Pocahontas myth is occurring in a context where violence against Native women is increasing.