The "Right" Kind of Brown

"Stay Basic on somebody else's dime." ~Me. Disabled Depressed Fat Ill Housebound Aspie Nanticoke-Lenape Journalist & Writer

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It's one month since Indian Country Today Media Network unexpectedly went on hiatus and ceased active operations. I'm in trouble. Most frustrations I have are not unique even as a multiply-disabled doubly neurodiverse Nanticoke and Lenni-Lenape Native American WOC, but they are humiliating.

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Don't Start None, Won't Be None: @/LastProtestants #VAWOC #MMIW

Nary a day passes where ordinary WOC on Twitter aren't routinely harassed by random racists rolling into our personal spaces. Our stories are the ones that are never profiled in mainsteam media, yet we suffer the most from the #AbuserDynamics of White Supremacist behaviours.

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Two Worlds

It's not easy being caught between two worlds - the life you want to create for yourself and the one you were born into.

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Once Upon A Time in Virginia (with tweets) · MochaLisaccino

A story about racism from my youth.

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My #Aspie #Spoonie #Disability Life III: Pizza (with images, tweets) · MochaLisaccino

What started out as a bit of light-hearted fun about wanting pizza, wings and a double mocha cappuccino at 6:33am turned into a teachable moment for many of my followers. Here is how they learned about some of my daily struggles as a #disabledWOC.

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This is how I roll, Twitter... (with images, tweets) · MochaLisaccino

Another rant about colonialist oppressors in NDN Country. Oh the irony that Mixed-with-White NDNs and White Allies have far more traction with a lot of NDN Country folks than Black NDNs ever will. It's Anti-Blackness, straight up.

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About having been homeless in London, UK (with images, tweets) · CreativeAspie

I became Homeless in early 2004. This is what I had to say about it - again.

By me as @CreativeAspie (my disability & UKpoli account)

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About NDN and Black "Solidarity" (with tweets) · MochaLisaccino

I'm not sure why most of the "Status Natives" of NDN Country on Twitter following me even bother, given how virulently Anti-Black they are revealing themselves to be lately. Especially after my Storifys about Anti-Blackness in NDN Country generally and around the Pharrell War Bonnet controversy.

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Pharrell's War Bonnet & Anti-Black NDN Country - UPDATED (with images, tweets) · MochaLisaccino

So Pharrell is on the cover of Elle UK wearing an NDN War Bonnet. The interview apparently mentions a Cherokee Grandmother. Of course many across NDN Country had a lot to say about it.

What wasn't cool was using racist Anti-Blackness as criticism, including the N-word on Facebook. Also - some NDNs piping up about Anti-Blackness also support NDNs who continue to show their Anti-Blackness. You can't walk straight with a foot on both sides of the fence.

Of course this BlackNDN remains unsurprised by any of it. 

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Additional Links (including info on Cherokee Freedmen)

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Pharrell's War Bonnet and Anti-Black NDN Country (with images, tweets) · MochaLisaccino

So Pharrell is on the cover of Elle UK wearing an NDN Warbonnet. The interview apparently mentions a Cherokee Grandmother. Of course many across NDN Country had a lot to say about it.

What wasn't cool was using racist Anti-Blackness as criticism, including the N-word on Facebook. Also - some NDNs piping up about Anti-Blackness also support NDNs who continue to show their Anti-Blackness. You can't walk straight with a foot on both sides of the fence.

Of course this BlackNDN remains unsurprised by any of it.

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My personal Journalism Ethics and a rant about Posers & Allies (with images, tweets) · MochaLisaccino

A Social Media Story storified by MochaLisaccino

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Video Post: #SoundtrackForRacists, #SoundtrackForRacistsDEEPCUTS (with images, tweets) · MochaLisaccino

Some of the best fun on Twitter happens because of the most random things going on outside of it. Racist neighbours driving me crazy with noise inspired my #SoundtrackForRacists & #SoundtrackFor RacistsDEEPCUTS. Went down a treat from the feedback I've received directly.

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US Terrorism: The 1985 Bombing of the MOVE Organization in Philadelphia (with images, tweets) · MochaLisaccino

We have Terrorism right here in 'Murrica instigated by the Powers-That-Be... as we always have since the earliest days of this Republic under the Founding Fathers.

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I am a #DisabledWOC, not "Differently Abled" WOC (with image, tweets) · MochaLisaccino

Another day ending in y where I tackle ableism. Plus, my perspective as a Housebound #disabledWOC on the latest round of 'Hashtag Activism" bashing.

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Depression, Disability, and WOC #disabledWOC (with images, tweets) · CreativeAspie

When not being summarily ignored and erased, WOC on Twitter discussing Depression and other forms of Neurodiversity and Disabilities are routinely shamed for not being the "strong" women we are stereotyped as by WP and other POC. *ANGER AS AN INDICATOR OF DISTRESS* is never considered.

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Breaking down stereotypes and educating Black Britons about US Life and US History #NotTheSouth (with images, tweets) · MochaLisaccino

A simple RT by me of someone else's rhetorical question unleashed a firestorm driven by a Black British Woman convinced that American Whites were in "Awe" of MLK. This escalated into me debunking old tropes about the South using #NotTheSouth bc of contd aggressive ignorance of another Black Briton.

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#Ableism and #Ableist Language (with images, tweets) · MochaLisaccino

Usually my disability-related rabble-rousing is within the confines of my @CreativeAspie account. This week I've also had to tackle Ableism / Ableist Language as @MochaLisaccino & @GeekPopLife. Ignorance on Twitter is the gift that keeps giving.