#pocvoices — Public Fediverse posts

Metis Nation of Greater Victoria invites you to join for the annual Knowledge Keepers Gathering! This is an event where we highlight and showcase Metis knowledge from academic researchers, Metis-focused research, to cultural knowledge holders, storytellers, artists, musicians and dancers.

This event is free, for anyone and everyone to attend, and there is no registration required.

*I'll update with more detailed info, closer to event date. A few things are still being worked out.*

#Indigenous #VictoriaBC #BCIndigenous #CommunityBuilding #CommunityEvent #CommunityConnecting #CulturalConnecting #Metis #KnowledgeKeepers #Lekwungen #Xwespsm #Wsanec #YYJEvents #FreeEvent #CulturalWisdom #CulturalSharing #POCVoices #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #FirstPeoples #MetisCulture #CulturalArts #CulturalDance #CulturalMusic #IndigenousStorytellers

You demonize us, in news media.
You glorify us, in your fakeass movies and TV shows.
You pretend to celebrate us, on historical womens' or people of colour days of public civil recognition - while you disrespect us, for calling out your acts of racism.
How dare you say that you support #AntiRacism movement,
As you smile at us with dishonesty.
As you keep on perpetuating perverted overt and covert racism.
You smell different than folks with humanity.
You smell like death and indecency.

#AsianMastodon #Decolonization #WordsFromMyHeart #WritingTherapy #FuckColonialism #Liars #Whitewashed #Cowards #EffectsOfRacism #POCvoices #Injustice #DeathToColonialism #WritingTherapy

This video resonates with me & my family a lot. However, our family's experience as #Teochew #WarRefugees, leaving Saigon, was a lot more nightmarish & much more violent than this Mom's experience. One of my Aunties had joined the Vietcong as a medic & communications officer, after quitting her job as an ICU nurse & lived in tunnels for several years. We also had no family or friends who were already living in North America so trying to integrate into life here was more challenging.

I can understand everything they say in Teochew. There's only a few words they say differently than we do - I'll do a video with my Mom soon to point out the differences. They speak a form of Teochew #diaspora in Vietnam, that most of us #Gaginang refer to as #Vietnam villagers Teochew. We speak the Teochew that #Saigon gaginang used since early #displacement from #China years back(a long, long time ago).

https://youtu.be/GymTavOd2vU?si=4rtnL-P01O5xTSEK

#AsianMastodon #OurPeoples #AsianLanguages #Chinese #linguistics #DisctinctLanguage #AsianDiaspora #TootSEA #SouthEastAsian #languages #POCvoices #WarSurvivors #DisplacementVoices #SurvivorsOfVietnamWar