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February 8, 2015August 6, 2022decolonialatlas

Maya Country in the Contemporary Mayan Languages

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Non-binary gender communities have existed on the South Asian subcontinent for centuries. Historically, the Hijra played an important role in the Hindu community as highly-regarded religious figures, but with the introduction of British colonialism and the Western gender binary, the Hijra and Hijra practices became criminalized under the 1871 Criminal Tribes Act. Hijra are often referred to as the “Third Gender,” but this doesn’t necessarily mean that Hijra constitute a third alternate gender, but rather a community of non-binary and trans people. Additionally, Hijra have historically been tolerant of religious diversity within the community, having both Hindu and religiously syncretic beliefs.
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"In English, you can just say, "She's a mother." But in Wampanoag, you can't say that. You can say, "She's my mother, she's your mother, she's our mother, she's his or her mother." But you can't just say "a mother." And that's the same with all of the kinship terms. Everybody in that circle is defined by the people around them. And that's reflected in the words." - Jessie Little Doe Baird
This year marks 260 years since the founding of Saint Malo, Louisiana - a Filipino village in a bayou 30 miles east of New Orleans, founded by fishermen who had deserted from Spanish ships in 1763. They found refuge in an area that was also home to maroons (communities of fugitive slaves). They lived in stilted houses made from palmetto and woven-cane resembling the bahay kubo homes of the Philippines. They were the pioneers of Louisiana's shrimping industry. They fought against the British in the War of 1812. They were also entirely free from governance by the United States. After Saint Malo was destroyed by a hurricane in 1915, survivors relocated to New Orleans.
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Pedestrian and cyclist injuries tend to be concentrated in poorer neighborhoods that have a larger share of Black and Hispanic residents. These neighborhoods share a history of under-investment in basic traffic safety measures such as streetlights, crosswalks and sidewalks, and an over-investment in automobile infrastructure meant to speed through people who do not live there. - NYT
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