i want to ask y'all to think about the word 'stolen' when referring to your ceremonies.
the word 'stolen' in regards to ceremony - when i hear it, or heard it earlier in my life -
actually adds authenticity to the claims made by the fraud. when you use the word it implies
that the fraud has been involved in traditional ceremony w/ ndn's and is taking those ceremonies
off the rez w/out authorization (which we know is not true in lg's case or most cases). it makes us white folks (at least a lot of us), feel like we're getting something
special, something you don't want us to have -something we need and deserve - and thanks to this brave rebel (fraud) we're getting it.
i realize this may not make any sense to some of you. you're probably not white.
i just wonder if it wouldn't be more effective w/ us to say that she is faking ceremonies she has never seen, and that her customers have never seen, that she's never seen a real ceremony to steal. or something, a way to re-word the stolen part. food for thought
see, we don't mind stealing so much, if its something you wouldn't give us (this should be fairly clear by now), but we don't like being duped. we love to be offended more than anything.
now, pls no white hate comments. i love being white
