3 May 2023 in Kiel – In cooperation with Culturitical

23Talk with Red Haircrow, May 3, 2023, 8pm, Kiel, Hansa 48

Culturitical

“Award-winning writer, educator, psychologist and filmmaker D.S. Red Haircrow joins us to critically discuss how Germans are loving Native Americans the wrong way, inter-generational historic trauma of marginalized and minoritized groups and GLBTIIQ needs. The entry is free.”

You are welcome to read all details at this link, please contact them directly with questions about the venue and group.

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Racism as Culture: Carnival Costumes, #CulturalAppropriation & #Germany – #Faschingskostüme #KulturelleAneignung

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VIDEO – This week on (link) MDR’s “recap” – Faschingskostüme: Ist Rassismus vielen egal? Myself and several others on the topic of racism, cultural appropriation, carnival, rassimus, Faschingskostüme, Kulturelle Aneignung.

We ask: How do you educate upon these topics in meaningful ways and create change to end racist practices? Like the title of our documentary clearly suggests, there is a wrong and a better way to show appreciation, indicate interest or learn about other peoples and cultures that do not perpetuate cycles of erasure, violence, and misogyny (+transphobia). Learn more here: flyingwithredhaircrow.com.

Description: “Finally #Carnival again! That means celebrating exuberantly, swaying, dressing up. But apparently, this year, too, that doesn’t go without missteps. At a carnival reception in Hesse, there is a “blackfacing” scandal. In Prossen, Saxony, people in “Indian” #costumes drive through town during a carnival parade, and a man in a rainbow suit is tied to a torture stake. And we ask ourselves: why are certain costumes problematic?

For this, we take a look at history, more precisely at the time of colonialism. At that time, many ethnic groups were oppressed and considered inferior. Their clothing and culture were looked down upon. Today, for example, dressing up as #NativeAmerican without dealing with their history is unacceptable, Red Haircrow tells us in the video.

And yet, “Ind*aner” costumes are still everywhere. Many fools don’t understand the fuss over the disguise. Do many not care about #racism? We asked academics and those affected for their take.”

Note: By the way, I was addressed by MDR in English and never asked if I speak German. Which of course I do, I was born in Germany and have spent the last almost twenty years back in Germany. Another example that one can recognize the problems of stereotyping, but still make false assumptions about other things that interfere with intercultural well-being.


Wir fragen: Wie kann man auf sinnvolle Weise über diese Themen aufklären und Veränderungen bewirken, um rassistische Praktiken zu beenden? Wie der Titel unseres Dokumentarfilms deutlich macht, gibt es einen falschen und einen besseren Weg, Wertschätzung zu zeigen, Interesse zu bekunden oder etwas über andere Menschen und Kulturen zu lernen, ohne den Kreislauf von Auslöschung, Gewalt und Frauen- oder transfeindlichkeit aufrechtzuerhalten. Erfahren Sie hier mehr: flyingwithredhaircrow.com.

 

Beschreibung: “Endlich wieder Karneval! Das heißt ausgelassen feiern, schunkeln, verkleiden. Aber offenbar geht das auch in diesem Jahr nicht ohne Fehltritte. Bei einem Fastnachtsempfang in Hessen gibt es einen “Blackfacing”-Skandal. Im sächsischen Prossen fahren Menschen im “Indianer”-Kostüm bei einem Karnevalsumzug durch den Ort, ein Mann in Regenbogen-Anzug ist an einen Marterpfahl gefesselt.Und wir fragen uns: Warum sind bestimmte Kostüme problematisch?

Wir werfen dafür einen Blick in die Geschichte, genauer gesagt in die Zeit des Kolonialismus. Damals wurden viele Volksgruppen unterdrückt und als minderwertig betrachtet. Auf ihre Kleidung und Kultur wurde herabgeschaut. Sich heutzutage zum Beispiel als Native American zu verkleiden, ohne sich mit ihrer Geschichte zu beschäftigen, sei inakzeptabel, erklärt uns Red Haircrow im Video.

Und doch sind “Ind*aner”-Kostüme nach wie vor überall zu sehen. Viele Narren verstehen die Aufregung um die Verkleidung nicht. Ist Rassismus vielen egal? Wir haben Wissenschaftler und Betroffene nach ihrer Einschätzung gefragt.”

 

Kapitel:
00:00 Intro
00:45 Wo gibt es Rassismus im Karneval?
02:35 Krasse Kostüme in Onlineshops
03:27 Was macht die Kostüme problematisch?
04:36 Kulturelle Aneignung im Karneval
06:42 Warum werden rassistische Kostüme trotzdem getragen
07:18 Hat Karneval ein Rassismusproblem?
08:00 Kostümverbot für Kinder?
09:50 Sarahs Meinung
10:34 Endcard

HINWEIS: Übrigens wurde ich vom MDR auf Englisch angesprochen und nie gefragt, ob ich Deutsch spreche. Was ich natürlich tue, ich bin in Deutschland geboren und habe die letzten fast zwanzig Jahre wieder in Deutschland verbracht. Ein weiteres Beispiel, man kann die Probleme der Stereotypisierung erkennen, aber trotzdem falsche Annahmen über andere Dinge machen, die das Wohlbefinden stören.

On #NativeMascots, Harry Potter Games & Transgender Violence

AS TRUE AS EVER:

“The same mentality that ignores Indigenous rights to self-representation are often those who also stereotype and gaslight GLBTIIQ people, women (of all kinds), the disabled or economically challenged, especially people of color just for desiring change and equality. It is basically saying, ‘My gratification is more important than your dignity, your rights or even your life.’ This is a main facet of rape culture. It is intersecting oppression.”

This is from the description of our documentary on racism, white supremacist ideology and cultural appropriation that uses as an object lesson the stereotyping of Native peoples, cultures, histories and traditions in Germany. “Forget Winnetou! Loving in the Wrong Way.” https://forgetwinnetou.com/.

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We see this with the persistent and willful use of Native mascots by teams like the Kansas City Ch*efs, and the support of R*wling or anyone who perpetuates and uses anti-Semitic, racist, and misogynistic stereotypes in their work or words, and/or who advocates transphobia and hatred under the privileged and extremely twisted and misleading claim of feminism.

The same type of people and demographic who whine and rage about cancel culture, politic correctness and having their “culture” taken away, besides admitting their “cultures” are sexist, racist and/or hatemongering in the first place, they are centering and comparing their privileged lives to those widely vilified, discriminated against, treated with violence or killed simply for daring to exist and live their lives.

The latest article by Kristina Kielblock at kino.de details the timeline of R*wling’s transphobia and hatemongering, while also examining her work’s history of anti-Semitism, racism and stereotyping. It’s in German but a simple click in your browser can translate it to most other languages.

J.K. Rowling und die Trans*Community: Wo ist das Problem?

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While it’s anyone’s choice to play the new HP game or watch and cheer on their favorite sports team, real human beings who care for others, for human rights, for anti-discrimination etc. would not show support through apathy OR by ignoring the sexism, racism, misogyny and hatemongering by their actions or words, blithely claiming it’s “no big deal” or “doesn’t really doesn’t matter.” Whether they wish it or not, whether they think so or not, their participation WILL BE USED by the racists, the sexists, the misogynists and transphobes to further perpetrate acts of violence, discrimination and cruelty to marginalized and minoritized groups and peoples.

Remember: whenever Native Americans, transgender people and allies, or anyone dare to speak up against the violence, misrepresentation and discrimination they face, greater attacks and aggression are ALWAYS the result. So more clearly than ever, if you are not part of the solution, you ARE part of the problem. If you remain silent, you join the oppressor.

Demonstrations will be taking place across the USA and in cities in Europe as well, against the use of Native mascots. As also included in our documentary, the American Psychological Association’s research clearly substantiated the use of Native mascots, cariactures, personalities and stereotypes is a contemporary form of Racism and harmful to ALL. 

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Rechtzeitig zu #Fasching & #Karneval: “Dumme Klischees haben Auswirkungen auf das Leben echter Menschen” – #NativeAmerican #Stereotypes #Germany

 

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“Absoluter Geheimtipp auf Disney+ bekommt eine dritte Staffel!” by Kristina Kielblock at kino.de. (In German)

(In German below). A new article on some of the current and upcoming shows centering Native American, First Nations and Indigenous peoples that (most importantly) were made by Natives for everyone. Natives also working in healthy cooperation and collaborations with other peoples and groups to produce work both, fiction and non-fiction, that include or focus on Native characters stories….without the Eurocentrism, misrepresentation and stereotyping.

Understand what that means because inevitably (and we see it constantly) there are comments from non-Natives who say, “But they sometimes do stereotypes! Why is it so different or bad if we do it?” or even more exasperating, “We love Natives, and just want to create characters and stories, too! Where’s the harm in that?” Besides our documentary, there are MANY resources that explain how, why and when racism and Eurocentrism continues to work in our societies, what it’s symptoms and effects are. There are MANY resources that explain and clearly demonstrate the harm that results, and the cycles of erasure, silencing and replacing Native peoples, voices and self-determination that continue the purposes of colonialism and Indigenous genocide. 

The only time Germany and the western world seems to really consider these topics as a nation or societies is during a controversy, such as climaxed in August 2022 following the release of children’s books no less, that sought to revive and defend the use of racist, sexist terms used for Natives that are strongly condemned, which they were made well aware of long before going to press. What is especially frustrating about such behavior and societal practices, is that like Indian hobbyists of all kinds, they overshadow or completely obscure the many Europeans who have long been allies, colleagues and partners to Indigenous peoples, working to undo centuries of Eurocentrism and colonialism through healthy relationships and cooperation of all kinds with Native peoples. We get dozens of articles about hobbyists, books and reports by so-called “Indian experts” and ad nauseum novels, shows and films romanticizing Native stereotypes or misrepresenting/skewing current events, but few or NONE about good collaborations. 

Stereotypes are oversimplifications of other peoples, groups and individuals of which one is not a part, often based on historical fears and ignorance. In the case of Europeans doing this to ethnic and racial groups, this has an overwhelmingly negative effect because of the violently gained and held structural power to control all narratives, which the targeted groups have little or no opportunity to correct or change, all while being subjected to discrimination, compartmentalization and dehumanization. In the case of Native American peoples, cultures and traditions, in Germany especially, decades of moneymaking exploitation of all kinds, from museums, to media studios, to tobacco products.

Simply put: When we as Native peoples talk about ourselves, our communities, our histories, our cultures, our traditions, our idiosyncrasies, we are not stereotyping because it is coming from a place of intimate, personal knowledge about ourselves, our communities, our histories, our cultures, our traditions, our idiosyncrasies. That is not hard to understand although it takes humility, often absent in western society, and realize, too, in that sentence you can substitute any other marginalized or minoritized groups for “Native peoples”. Look around you in western society, just like our documentary’s premise, the same attitude and treatment of Natives is done to others, and even to the environment, our Earth, our home. Destruction, pain and harm are ignored, minimized or defended for self-gratification and/or profit. 

That’s why we continue say, no shout and yell, that it is well past time to symbolically #ForgetWinnetou! and the harmful practices, behaviors and mentalities that continue colonial, genocidal systems that encourage the stereotyping, erasure and silencing of certain “others”. 


Ein neuer Artikel über einige der aktuellen und kommenden Serien, die sich mit Native Americans, First Nations und indigenen Gruppen befassen und (vor allem) von Natives für alle gemacht wurden. Eingeborene arbeiten auch in gesunder Kooperation und Zusammenarbeit mit anderen Völkern und Gruppen, um Werke zu produzieren, sowohl Belletristik als auch Sachbücher, die Geschichten von indigenen Charakteren enthalten oder sich auf diese konzentrieren…., ohne den Eurozentrismus, die falsche Darstellung und Stereotypisierung.

Verstehen Sie, was das bedeutet, denn unweigerlich (und wir sehen es ständig) gibt es Kommentare von Nicht-Natives, die sagen: “Aber sie machen manchmal Stereotypen! Warum ist es so anders oder schlecht, wenn wir es auch tun?” oder noch ärgerlicher: “Wir lieben die Eingeborenen und wollen auch Figuren und Geschichten erschaffen! Was ist daran so schlimm?” Neben unserem Dokumentarfilm gibt es VIELE Quellen, die erklären, wie, warum und wann Rassismus und Eurozentrismus in unserer Gesellschaft weiter wirken, was seine Symptome und Auswirkungen sind. Es gibt VIELE Quellen, die den Schaden, der daraus resultiert, und die Zyklen der Auslöschung, des Schweigens und der Verdrängung von indigenen Völkern, Stimmen und Selbstbestimmung, die die Ziele des Kolonialismus und des indigenen Völkermordes fortsetzen, erklären und klar aufzeigen.

Das einzige Mal, dass sich Deutschland und die westliche Welt als Nation oder Gesellschaft wirklich mit diesen Themen auseinandersetzen, ist während einer Kontroverse, wie sie im August 2022 nach der Veröffentlichung von Kinderbüchern ihren Höhepunkt erreichte, in der versucht wurde, die Verwendung rassistischer und sexistischer Bezeichnungen für indigene Gruppen wiederzubeleben und zu verteidigen, die aufs Schärfste verurteilt werden und über die sie lange vor der Veröffentlichung informiert wurden. Besonders frustrierend an solchen Verhaltensweisen und gesellschaftlichen Praktiken ist, dass sie – wie indianische Bastler aller Art – die vielen Europäer in den Schatten stellen oder völlig ausblenden, die seit langem Verbündete, Kollegen und Partner der indigenen Völker sind und daran arbeiten, Jahrhunderte des Eurozentrismus und Kolonialismus durch gesunde Beziehungen und Kooperationen aller Art mit den indigenen Volksgruppen zu überwinden. Es gibt Dutzende von Artikeln über Hobbyisten, Bücher und Berichte von so genannten “Indianerexperten” und bis zum Überdruss Romane, Serien und Filme, in denen indigene Stereotypen romantisiert oder aktuelle Ereignisse falsch dargestellt oder verdreht werden, aber nur wenige oder KEINE über gute Zusammenarbeit.

Stereotypen sind vereinfachte Darstellungen anderer Völker, Gruppen und Individuen, denen man nicht angehört, und beruhen oft auf historischen Ängsten und Unwissenheit. Im Falle der Europäer, die dies bei ethnischen und rassischen Gruppen tun, hat dies eine überwältigend negative Wirkung, da sie gewaltsam die strukturelle Macht erlangen und behalten, alle Narrative zu kontrollieren, die die Zielgruppen kaum oder gar nicht korrigieren oder ändern können, während sie gleichzeitig Diskriminierung, Abschottung und Entmenschlichung ausgesetzt sind. Im Fall der indianischen Völker, Kulturen und Traditionen, insbesondere in Deutschland, ist dies eine jahrzehntelange Ausbeutung zu Geldzwecken aller Art, von Museen über Medienstudios bis hin zu Tabakprodukten.

Einfach ausgedrückt: Wenn wir als Native Nations über uns selbst, unsere Gemeinschaften, unsere Geschichte, unsere Kulturen, unsere Traditionen, unsere Eigenheiten sprechen, dann tun wir das nicht stereotyp, denn es kommt von einem Ort intimer, persönlicher Kenntnis über uns selbst, unsere Gemeinschaften, unsere Geschichte, unsere Kulturen, unsere Traditionen, unsere Eigenheiten. Das ist nicht schwer zu verstehen, auch wenn man dazu Demut braucht, die in der westlichen Gesellschaft oft nicht vorhanden ist, und man sollte sich auch darüber im Klaren sein, dass man in diesem Satz ” Native Peoples” durch jede andere marginalisierte oder minorisierte Gruppe ersetzen kann. Schauen Sie sich in der westlichen Gesellschaft um, genau wie die Prämisse unseres Dokumentarfilms, die gleiche Einstellung und Behandlung der “Natives” wird anderen angetan, und sogar der Umwelt, unserer Erde, unserem Zuhause. Zerstörung, Schmerz und Schaden werden ignoriert, verharmlost oder aus Gründen der Selbstbefriedigung und/oder des Profits verteidigt.

Deshalb sagen wir weiterhin, nein, wir brüllen, dass es längst an der Zeit ist, symbolisch #ForgetWinnetou! und die schädlichen Praktiken, Verhaltensweisen und Mentalitäten zu vergessen, die koloniale, völkermörderische Systeme fortsetzen, die die Stereotypisierung, Auslöschung und das Verstummen bestimmter “Anderer” fördern.

The Whitecentric #Winnetou Controversy in #Germany is Overshadowing Important Topics like #RostockLichtenhagen but the Root Cause is the same: #Racism & White Supremacist Ideology

Shared from redhaircrow.com:

In a recent Twitter post an important point was made by Dr. Noa Ha, a participant from our documentary, “Forget Winnetou! Loving in the Wrong Way” and a “(Post)colonial urbanist. Des/integration, critical race, decolonial studies. @ art school Berlin-Weissensee and DeZIM.”

Find the original thread here.

I responded on the thread “Another facet of whiteness and whiteness-centeredness, both of which have the same roots: Racism. They’re still ask the same questions about Winnetou that were answered years ago. As in Rostock Lichtenhagen, no real social changes have been made. People are deliberately holding on to, and even defending, behaviors and practices that cause enormous harm.

It’s all connected.

I have done a few interviews in the last days regarding the Ravensburger book controversy and the new Winnetou film, but I’ve declined most, especially those asking the same questions already answered last month, last year, two, five and ten years ago. But a certain Germany and Germans refuse to listen and willfully defend racism and racist practices, and the teaching of perpetuation of Eurocentrism and cultural appropriation to another generation as “part of German culture”. So, racism is your culture? German media has largely been inflating, misinforming and encouraging defensive of racism and outrage over consequences for the support of stereotypes and cultural appropriation.

Thus far, you can partially read the articles/interviews cited below online or in print, but these are in German. And inevitably, at least one source stated a complete falsehood about my documentary, “Forget Winnetou! Loving in the Wrong Way” at the beginning of my interview. And then, they wonder why we and I delete their requests because of such misuse and misrepresentation of ourselves and our work? Rather like what they do to Native Americans in these books and films. Yet another example of how affective even fictional caricatures and stereotypes are in influencing behaviors.

A couple of articles/interviews with me so far, and this list will be updated:

At Tagesspiegel: “Das Problem an #Winnetou: Ein Psychologe über #Rassismus und die deutsche Obsession mit dem Wilden Westen” by Adrian Schultz (a positive experience).

At Stern.de_ “Mitglied der Chiricahua Apache/Cherokee verurteilt Neuauflage von Winnetou: “Hier geht es um Geldmacherei” by David Baum (a far less than positive experience).

Links to other articles/interviews will be added, as I know there are a couple being processed I will be very glad to share here.

Shared from redhaircrow.com: “The Love of #Stereotypes: It Starts Early In Germany, too” – #WesternSociety

This is a post from 2017 or so from redhaircrow.com, but is more relevant than ever before (unfortunately). Despite all educational efforts by their more enlightened peers and us, Germans willfully persistent in fetishization, erasure/replacement and stereotyping behaviors. There’s a willful insistence in ignoring this is a component of racism, related to colonialism and Eurocentrism AND/OR also accompanied by refusal to acknowledge the connection of accepted Native American stereotypes and misuse of Native cultures and peoples to the hatred, intolerance, conflicts and wars escalating or being fomented around the world.

From childhood, this creates and nurtures the mindset and practice that certain peoples, groups or individuals rights to life, safety and self-representation can be ignored, dismissed or even mocked if they object. Adherence to white supremacy ideology and structural racism is what allows this demographic to widely continue, and even defend, such practices. Good to know, we and others of their peers will continue to promote respect for all peoples, whatever their ethnicity, sexuality, gender, etc. and not their “rape culture”. That is: ignoring when someone says, “No, don’t do this to me/us”, and they say, “Yes, we will because we want to. We don’t care if it harms you or We don’t believe it hurts you.” What a terrible thing to teach a child.

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Shared: Because many “others” “foreigners” specific ethnicities, and in this case “Indianer” or Native American Indians are only presented in shows, as entertainment, as costumed figures who are there to entertain Germans in some way…stereotypes abound here, and are expected and even demanded. Often you see the same rapt look and desire: “Teach us! Show us! Make us laugh with wonder! Cry with excitement, shudder with amazement, dread, outrage (as to native treatment of the past)” but whatever it is, they want what they want.

For Native Americans they expect, with very clear stereotype guidelines, how you should look, speak, engage, too. If you don’t look, act or perform as they expect, they are disappointed, dejected and dissatisfied. You must meet their expectations or you are not “real”, you are not “authentic.” The children cry and wail while parents comfort or ignore them, but seldom is there any factual, contexual (age appropriate, of course) information provided. Even in textbooks or other educational materials, having learn this propensity from the US and Canada, most “information” is stereotypical in nature and content, and from non-native sources or Europeanized (a.k.a. colonized) mindsets tailored to keep non-natives comfortably within established, if fabricated, parameters.

And they are actively, dismissively resistant to calls for historical accuracy, cause and effect, contemporary realities or even simple truths, especially if conflicting with German or Euro-American perspective. I designate “Euro-American” primarily because just American suggests white American, whether its white Americans or Germans saying it. Here, if they know you are from America and you’re black, you’re just black, but they’ll also say black German, black American, and so on, but whites from the USA are just American. That should tell you something…if you’re honest.

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In the intro image, a week long children’s workshop about Brazil is taking place in Berlin, which doubtless (unlike smaller towns) will have actual Brazilian people involved to “demonstrate” Brazilian “rituals”. The programme was created and written by the well meaning but Euro-heavy Labyrinth team, to provide free entertainment for children, particularly refugees. If they are so open-minded why are not minority educators on the team, as there are many well educated ethnic professionals across Berlin. Wouldn’t fit the paradigm?

There’s a strong component of “silencing” or speaking for POC, when white people take it upon themselves to speak and decide for others, in particular minorities, with little or no input from those minorities. It’s a form of patting themselves on the backs and receiving praise from European peers on how good and progressive they are, being the saviors for poor (predominantly POC), without understanding why this model is deeply problematic and smacks of what called “The White Savior” syndrome. Historical context, power dynamics, objectification and racist structures.

Mexican restaurants are supposed to have Mexican music playing, immediately recognizable “Mexican” music, and stereotypical Mexican persons speaking Spanish (a European language, while the country itself has over 60 indigenous languages being spoken, more than all of Europe!). Black Americans should be called “Bro!”, know hip-hop and rap music references and offered “fist bumps” so they can feel cool and hip when they are returned. Eastern Asians, be they Korean, Japanese or Chinese, should be agreeable at all times, rather shy and apologetic, naivé but intelligent. That’s allowed, it’s non-threatening.

Asians might be mentally allowed to be engineers, even doctors, while Mexicans should likely be working at restaurants, central or South Americans must always funny and cheerful, and Native Americans are dancers in western theme parks or visiting for a show. Even if you wear a business suit, if you’re African, you may be a drug dealer. Higher education? Why would minorities do that? It’s not like you’ll get anywhere in German society besides working strictly in a capacity where your ethnicity is why you are there in the first place.

Managers, police officers, working in social services or on company boards or even playing them on TV or in film? Highly unlikely. Comments like “but you’re (supply ethnicity)” abound, which is the incredulous sometimes confused equivalent of “No”, when they don’t want to actually say “no” because of what that would strongly indicate about their self, their company or society. If you give any criticism they will blow a “How dare you?!” gasket.

Above all, whatever you are as non-Germans, you should be ready and willing to supply whatever emotional boost they need, satisfy and answer their every query, while being careful to self-deprecatingly keep them in their comfort zone (no challenges or return questions!) while they lay layer after layer of stereotypes on you. Or alternatively (or strategically interspersed) they know all about you because they read it in a book or so-and-so has a ______friend, and they will argue until doomsday they are right because_________.

So their children learn objectification, stereotypes, and attitudes and behaviors that can lead to cultural appropriation and dehumanization, and which continue the cycle of imbalance of racism, power and perception. It all starts in childhood.

So why do minorities stay in Germany, with the widespread “them vs. others, normal vs. others” mentality? What is the appeal, the attraction, the thrill? For those I talked to, it isn’t because Europe or Europeans are so great. It is often more attributable to the communities of color that form in support and protection of each other, a response to being stereotyped, misrepresented and discriminated against so widely in society. In the case of Natives or other POC, you receive it in your “home” country, too, because white people there are immigrant/invaders living on stolen ground. Where can you ever be treated equally, respectfully, humanly?

Recently in Montecristo Magazine: “The #Frankfurt #BookFair Sheds Light on #Germany’s Strange Obsession with #Indigenous #Culture”

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In a recent issue of Montecristo Magazine: “The Frankfurt Book Fair Sheds Light on Germany’s Strange Obsession with Indigenous Culture”. Red Haircrow was interviewed along with others, on the topics of Germany, Hobbyism and Cultural Appropriation in Writing and Literature, and the oft underlying issues of Eurocentrism, Racism & White Privilege. 

Read the full article at link: “Haircrow says publishers tend to look for “recognizably Indigenous” stories. “It forces the Indigenous person to limit themselves if they want to get published in a traditional way,” he says. “They limit what readers are receiving. It’s a huge disservice to readers and to the writers.”

Archival #Audio Now Available – “Forget #Winnetou! How projections become reality” at the TRAFO Ideenkongress

Red Haircrow’s conversation on “Forget #Winnetou! How projections become reality” at the TRAFO – Modelle für Kultur im Wandel Ideenkongress in Halle (Saale) in September now available. http://audio-archive.com/#/talk/1872

Event: How to Speak of the Land. 168 narratives to a question

Keyword: Indigenous traditions

Recorded: Halle (Saale), September 19th 2018, 20.05, Table 11

Expert: Red Haircrow / Berlin

Our Film Excerpt in Deutsches Hygiene Museum’s New Exhibition on Race – May 19, 2018 to Jan. 6, 2019

Pleased to announce our small part in the upcoming new exhibition on race at the Deutsches Hygiene Museum in Dresden, Germany. Some of our film footage will be part of a critically needed discussion on the origins of the race myth, and the subsequent creation and uses of stereotypes within the white supremacist power structures and institutional racism that is standard operating procedure for European run countries, (descendants or directly) wherever they are in the world. Facebook event.

The exhibition will be available to the public, 19 May 2018- 6 January 2019.

Red Haircrow’s Interview for #Documentary “Searching for Winnetou” Debuts Jan. 28th

Director Red Haircrow appears in the trailer and documentary debuting on Jan. 28th on CBC Docs. It follows Drew Hayden Taylor’s “search” in Germany on the “why” of hobbyism. He was also invited to write a counter-point essay that will be published next week at CBC, “Native Hobbyism is Modern Day Colonialism.”

Our film, which is the “flip side”, on Natives living Germany, the origins and effects of racism, cultural appropriation and the Native stereotypes heavily affects their lives, and is interconnected to Eurocentrism, misuse and misrepresentation of other POC. Forget Winnetou- A Documentary Film is now available on DVD for private use and at VTape for organizational usage.