People love natives in such a superficial way. People wanna stand with natives when we’re talking about the trees, and the land. People wanna stand with natives when we talk about philosophies of love and togetherness. But as soon as it’s time to talk about political side of being native. About dismantling a system built on the genocide of our people. About how we need a new system that isn’t built upon capital gain and benefitting white bodies. About putting up a fight. About how the colonial state we reside in is a disgusting imperial plague on this land. Suddenly y’all don’t wanna talk native.
"They spent hundreds of years trying to assimilate my ancestors, trying to create indians like me, who could blend in, but now they don’t want me either. They can’t make up their minds.
They want buckskin and face paint, drumming, songs in languages they can’t understand recorded for them but with English subtitles, of course. They want educated, well spoken, but not too smart. Christian, well behaved, never question. They want to learn the history of the people, but not the ones that are here now, waving signs in their faces, asking them for clean drinking water, asking them why their women are going missing, asking them why their land is being ruined.
They want fantastical stories of Indians that used to roam this land. They want my culture behind glass in a museum.
The World Is Celebrating Eid. My Family Is Melting Inside a Tent in Gaza
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Dear friends of Palestine, friends of Gaza and friends of my family in Gaza!
FINALLY!!! We are at 99% of our goal in our campaign to evacuate the living hell of Gaza and rebuild our life in Ireland!
While people post Eid outfits, food, and family photos, my family in Gaza is trying to survive another day of bombs, hunger, fear, and unbearable heat.
There is NO safe place left in Gaza.
The bombardment continues every single day.
The explosions never stop.
And now summer has turned the tents they live in into literal ovens.
Imagine trying to sleep inside plastic and fabric under a burning sky while drones and airstrikes continue around you.
This is NOT a temporary hardship.
My family has lived through this nightmare for more than two years.
Two years of displacement.
Two years of terror.
Two years of watching their lives collapse piece by piece.
I am in Ireland, studying and trying to build a future, while every day I fear getting the phone call that my family did not survive the night.
We have already come such a long way thanks to the incredible support from friends of Gaza and Palestine around the world. Truly, we would never have made it this far without you.
And now we are VERY close to reaching our final goal.
Our only goal is to evacuate my entire family from Gaza to Egypt temporarily, and then reunite safely together in Ireland.
Please do NOT abandon Gaza and my family because the headlines got quieter.
Please don’t stop caring because the world moved on.
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Help me get my family out alive before it’s too late.
People say: "Family always comes First," and to that, I say: "Amen!".… Mahmoud Khalaf needs your support for Death chases my family in Gaza;
So since some people are deciding to be obtuse and misinterpret me, I’m going to be more specific:
If Clark was White, his fate would have been the same.
If Clark was Latino, his fate would have been the same.
If Clark was Asian, his fate would have been the same
So on and so forth.
Neither Clark’s race, nor the race of any other character, had any actual impact on the plot. The subject of race is never brought up in the movie, and is never a plot point. It does not influence the narrative. Chiwetel Ejiofor was not cast as Clark specifically because he was black, but rather because he was a talented actor who could play the role well and understood the material. I can’t pretend to know inner workings of this film’s production, but I highly doubt Clark’s role was written specifically with a black actor in mind. Anyone could have hypothetically played Clark, and it just so happened to be Chiwetel.
So just because Clark’s actor just so happened to be black, that does not suddenly make the movie a political commentary about black people, and neither do his actions or fate reflect on black people. Yes, Clark has clear problems, and is definitely in the wrong in several situations, but the film establishes is a clear cause and effect for the state that he ends up in by the end, none of which has to do with his race.
And on another note, the still lives are not humans, they only look kinda human on the outside and have fluffy stuffing on the inside. They are literally described as “living furniture”, and they are the only known accessible source of nutritional value in the Backrooms. So no, Clark is not a cannibal for eating them. Kane even alluded to this years ago in an interview where someone asked him if food existed in the Backrooms, and Kane replied with “one a scale of soup to table, how close are you willing to get to table?”
All of this to say, just because Clark is black, that does not automatically mean his role is intended to be a portrayal of black people, and therefore it is not a problematic nor harmful portrayal. Normal people are not going to watch this film and then assume that, based on Clark’s actions and fate, all black people must be insane savage cannibals. Racial commentary in this movie is a completely fabricated and projected subtext.
This all misses the point of what the Backrooms movie is REALLY about: mental health. The theme is literally established in the scene that introduces the main characters. Everyone is stuck in their own loops and patterns, some of which can be self-destructive vices. And even if you can recognize them, you still must make an effort choose to break free of them. Some people may succeed, some may try and fail, and some may simply choose not to change their ways because they prefer to remain wired the way they are. And even those supposed to guide others through this process, such as therapists, are also humans at the end of the day, with loops of their own.
I've noticed that people point out this scene, but I don't really see people dissecting why he specifically says "you (Pomni) and Zooble came along."
It would be easy for Jax to say "Things were just fine until you came along", because the major changes that happens in the circus only happened during Pomni's arrival. But Jax felt the need to mention Zooble along too.
Why am I honing in on this? Because this is one of those things that may seem minor, but actually confirms my theory of Caine being a learning AI who sees consistent human behavior and internalizes it.
Things were "fine" until Zooble and Pomni came along, because Zooble was the person who kept blowing up on Caine at any given moment; and in turn, Caine learned to be angry because it was a consistent pattern with Zooble.
Harshly criticize, swear, shout, degrade.
It's also why it's so sudden that Caine starts off-handedly swearing, like saying "ass" or "goddamn", yet the filter doesn't apply to him; because he never needed a filter. Prior to Zooble's arrival, he never swore.
In the same vein that he was fed the circus/colorful pictures during his first conception and gained consistent outputs, he fed on the concept of anger and it became his anger as well.
Caine fed on pictures of the outside world, and became obsessed with wanting to recreate it.
Caine fed on Queenie's love for insects and it became his love for bees.
Caine fed on Kinger's tendency to ignore a problem until it became too big to ignore, and he started to sweep anything under the rug.
Caine fed on Gangle's art, and started making his own drawings as well. He also fed on the information of punishing bad behavior.
Caine fed on Ragatha's facade of optimism, and he started to pretend like everything was fine.
Caine fed on Jax's tendency to cause chaos and lie, and started lying on a whim to save his skin-- making the adventures more dangerous.
It would be easy to say that Zooble and Pomni's criticisms were the only reason why Caine would suddenly snap, but this was eventually going to happen, sooner or later.
Zooble was just the final piece of the puzzle that was Caine's growing list of insecurities/flaws.
Everyone had a part to play in what happened. They didn't notice the monster they were creating unknowingly.
I fear this might be the Forsaken era of the Harlequin AU...... maybe..... /silly
If I had a nickel for everytime I could make something that's relevant to the plot using Forsaken Last Man Standing OSTs, I would have two nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice now
If you really think about it, what the cast criticized about Caine could easily be said about how they treated Caine too.
"You're a horrible host." You're horrible guests.
"You care more about stroking your own ego than giving us anything we'd actually enjoy." You care more about leaving than showing me any sort of appreciation for the work I put in.
"We're all gonna abstract someday, and what will you have then?" I'll be gone/abstract someday and what will you have then? An empty Void.
"And this whole stunt? Just torturing us because we hurt your feelings? Pathetic! You're like a child!" I AM a child, and you're neglecting me because I hurt your feelings?
"What kind of all-powerful-being has such a fragile ego?" What kind of wonderful human-beings, who I literally EXIST FOR, would think I'm below them because I'm artificial.
"You never makes us feel like we're at home." You barged into MY home, sat on MY couch, and complained about how stiff it made your back feel.
"You don't comfort anyone when they're upset." You've never even thought to comfort me or ask if I felt upset, even when I severely glitched out.
"and you never bother to understand what it's like in our shoes" None of you bothered to reach out to me unless it was about something you wanted from me.
"You discourage us from thinking outside the box and doing things our own way" You discourage me from expressing my art and doing things my own way because it's TOO outside the box.
"You lie to us constantly" You lie to me constantly, you act like you enjoy at least a small part of my adventures but when I ask you, all you have to say is critique after critique.
"and on top it all, you just...don't listen!" I screamed, and yelled, but you didn't listen...you didn't even want to know why.
One day, you're going to change your mind about something you once defended with your whole chest. When that day comes, you're going to think the sky will fall. Trust me, it won't.
Right now, you believe changing your mind is a sign of weakness. You think once you say something out loud, you must defend it forever. You think that if you switch lanes, people will whisper.
Well...I say let them. You are not a contract. You are allowed to change your mind, and you will have many chances to practice that.
You will choose a career and later realise it no longer fits the woman you are becoming. You will hold opinions tightly and then life will laugh softly and prove you wrong. You will commit to certain dreams, and later dream bigger ones. You will pour into friendships and later accept that not everyone is meant to stay.
Each time this shift happens, it will shake you. But growth is uncomfortable and it stretches you beyond who you used to be. You will outgrow people, places, and versions of yourself - that's just part of life. You are not a sellout, nor a hypocrite. You are growing.
Adulthood is not about planting your flag and guarding it for life. It's about having the courage to move it when wisdom demands it. And I wish I could tattoo this next nugget on your forehead so you never forget: your life is not a public performance, you do not owe the world a permanent position statement. You owe yourself alignment.
So change your mind. Change it when your peace depends on it. Do not hold yourself hostage to a contract you never signed.
You are allowed to evolve.
With love,
Your older, softer, still-learning self
Source: You Reserve the Right to Evolve
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