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• 3 weeks ago

  Do you believe an enabler can love the enabled?

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• August 1st, 2009

  How or where would I go to unlock a phone?

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• July 22nd, 2009

  Where do I find a place online (that isn't mainstream) to get super cheap deals for vegas vacations?

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• July 19th, 2009

  Are we dependent on the other orbiting planets in our solar system?

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• July 15th, 2009

  What is the best flavor jello to go swimming in?

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• 1 day ago

  How do you feel about prejudices aimed at you?

  @debzilla thank you for understanding and reflecting. I appreciate it, truly. there are many who live here (not native) who tend to down play it, saying that there is no racism up here, that this is something a few disgruntled natives complain about. lately there has been an uproar about how natives are treated, women specifically. But that is only because all the different types of natives decided to do something as a whole and hit the state where it hurts, the pocket. The AFN (alaska federation of natives) actually boycotted anchorage because of our Tx here. once the local businesses realized that we are worth more than local can support, they slowly changed their tune about us. Not completely, but it is a work in progress. @JLeslie there are many who don’t believe and tend to down play it, not just “white” people, others of different races as well. We were going to move, but from what I gathered w/others I met online, I might not be so welcome in other places either. I mean not from those I spoke to themselves, but others I have come in “light” or indirect contact with. and my culture is not what makes the murder of women ok, it is the current culture where modern clashes w/traditional. modern(white) culture says it’s ok. modern(white) culture makes our laws and decides what gets enforced. Please,keep in mind I am not trying to bash white people, I am simply stating what I have been taught and what I see and experience around me.
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• 2 days ago

  How do you feel about prejudices aimed at you?

  @JLeslie no, I am not Muslim. I am here in the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Native American, Native Alaskan. Many don’t realize what it is like to be an Eskimo in Alaska. Unless you are one, you can’t really say that the things I mentioned are not true. I have experienced/witnessed these things first hand. This happens in our great country. and as for the statistics of me dying at the hands of a male loved one, that is not due to religion but what is considered acceptable. It isn’t just women, but all. It just is MORE acceptable that women die or are killed w/o much consequences to the killer. 2 yrs ago my uncle was found dead at Beluga Point. My uncle was homeless and lived in Anchorage. Beluga Point is not somewhere the homeless go, you pretty much need a vehicle to get there. He made the news and it was determined by the police that no foul play was at hand. He was just drunk and wandered out to Beluga Point and died. I can tell you that anyone w/half a brain knows that is not what happened. knows that something like that just couldn’t have happened. I could go on and on about what happens to us from the very little actions that people take towards me standing in line at the grocery store to bigger things like a random assault that has been taken on me, my experiences. but then it is just a rant and people tend to drown those out to end up meaning nothing. so this happens, so what.
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• 2 days ago

  How do you feel about prejudices aimed at you?

  @debzilla thank you. @JLeslie they are aware, they do know what goes on and what is said. They see the news, here stories from classmates, and at times have even gotten into fights because their “friends” found out that they were not “white” after meeting me (their mother). Right now it is still ok to kill us or if found dead ok to list it as a suicide or not a priority. This is common up here. Statistically, I am likely going to die at the hands of a man who loves me (Father, Husband, Son) and my killer won’t have much happen if anything at all. I feel it is safer for them to be able to “pass”.
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• 3 days ago

  How do you feel about prejudices aimed at you?

  I deal with a lot of prejudices on a daily basis. Too many to list. My own kids can “pass” as white and don’t correct people when the assumption is made. sadly, I have a piece of me that says “good, they can pass” and sometimes feel ashamed of my heritage.
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• 3 days ago

  What is the story behind your Fluther name?

  @FishGutsDale I love to eat fish, don’t like to touch fish. I think that is awesome:)
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