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Glory Ames, from the White Earth reservation, is frustrated that despite the presence of several indigenous reservations near Moorhead, local Halloween stores still feature a western section with costumes such as “pow wow princess”. Even worse, despite a long-running debate about racism and cultural appropriation, often prompted by backlash against celebrities and politicians for donning offensive costumes, people continue to wear such costumes. Last Halloween, Ames spotted a photo on Instagram of a girl dressed as a Native American with a bullet in her forehead. She immediately reported it to the social media platform and had it removed. “They blatantly take certain aspects of our culture, race, religion, and use it for their advantage and ignore the people living it”, said Ames.

Ao abordar um aspecto da celebração do Halloween, esse texto tem por objetivo

Remember the sky that you were born under, know each of the star’s stories. Remember the moon, know who she is. Remember the sun’s birth at dawn. [...] Remember your birth, how your mother struggled to give you form and breath [...] Remember the earth whose skin you are: red earth, black earth, yellow earth, white earth brown earth, we are earth. Remember the plants, trees, animal life who all have their tribes, their families, their histories, too [...] Remember you are all people and all people are you. Remember you are this universe and this universe is you. Remember all is in motion, is growing, is you.

Nesse poema, de uma autora de ascendência indígena, o eu lírico ressalta a

My idea of philosophy is that if it is not relevant to human problems, if it does not tell us how we can go about eradicating some of the misery in this world, then it is not worth the name of philosophy. I think Socrates made a very profound statement when he asserted that philosophy is to teach us proper living. In this day and age “proper living” means liberation from the urgent problems of poverty, economic necessity and indoctrination, mental oppression.

Nesse texto, ao discorrer sobre a relevância da filosofia, a escritora Angela Davis tem por objetivo 

t is true that all children are special, simply because they are children. But most adults are not special, and children end up as adults pretty quickly. Life then can be difficult and even disappointing. The shock of this may account for the emergence of the “snowflake generation” of university students, who are so delicate they can’t handle controversial ideas being put forward in their lectures. The roots of this fragility run deep in modern culture. So, an approach of the world that states: “Life is wonderful, you’re special and, if you are a good boy/girl, life will be amazing forever” is not a message designed to aid bouncing back from failure or confronting catastrophe. Resilience is not about feeding ego — telling your children how wonderful they are — but strengthening it.

Nesse texto, a expressão “snowflake generation” é usada para