Jul. 4 at 6:10 PM
$TMDE $TPET $EONR $BATL I’m gonna say this… I respect the men and women who sacrifice their lives every day so that I can speak freely on this platform.
That being said, when people talk about “our founding fathers,” I don’t know about y’all, but I only have one Father and that’s the Creator. I don’t look at men as figures to worship, especially when history includes conquest, violence and the taking of sacred land.
When I think of America, I don’t think of flags, politics or propaganda. I think of people. Elders. Children. Mother Earth. I think of all of us connected through one sacred web of life.
So if I’m being honest, this day can feel complicated for me. It feels different when you learn about what happened to Indigenous peoples, to the women, the children, the men and especially the elders… what they endured, what was taken from them and what they were forced to live through.
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