Music / NewsMykki Blanco speaks out about the oppression we’re ignoringThe rapper writes eloquently about the struggle of Native Americans being pushed under the radarShareLink copied ✔️July 29, 2015MusicNewsText Helena Horton It is obvious that the #AllLivesMatter hashtag is bullshit, and only there to silence people who are fighting for their rights. It’s even proven that #AllLivesMatter wasn’t being tweeted before #BlackLivesMatter was, it’s simply a childish reaction to what it undoubtedly a highly important movement. However, Mykki Blanco acknowledged last night that Native Americans and other people of colour who aren’t necessarily "black" face oppression too, and that to say it’s pitting oppressions against each other is wrong. Blanco spent last night posting articles about the struggles Native Americans face, from higher suicide rates to police violence. The rapper wrote on Facebook: “To acknowledge the reality of the most silenced is not in my opinion a "pitting of opressions". I have realized that so many "progressive activists" hush the systematic genocide of Native Americans by an attitude that is so dismissive it’s almost and I’m not being dramatic, like people who don’t believe the Holocaust happened. We can so willingly give our attention to the queer rights movement, trans rights (and) #Blacklivesmatter but as a whole Americans and even American so-called radicals seem to become mute when it comes to a group so silenced and so oppressed it is unimaginable these people endure the living conditions and high poverty rates and youth suicide rates within our borders. When you say “Don't pit oppressions against each other” you not only cease to even listen you become the oppressor by silencing the truth. Everything else seems trendy right now to support except the rights of the Native People, I guess that’s just too nostalgic for most of you activists.” Blanco has spoken out passionately and truthfully about equality issues before, from her HIV positivity, to Ferguson and LGBT rights in Russia. Read some of what Blanco had to say on Twitter below, and check out the rest of it on her feed. When you say "Don't pit oppressions against each other" you become the oppressor by silencing the truth.— mykki blanco (@MykkiBlanco) July 29, 2015You realize this is the same shit like when Lesbians or Transgender people were excluded from the Womens Rights Movement right????— mykki blanco (@MykkiBlanco) July 29, 2015If you opened your eyes theirs not a NATIVELIVESMATTER hastag because those people are even more silenced than you could ever IMAGINE— mykki blanco (@MykkiBlanco) July 28, 2015Escape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.TrendingHave you ever been friend-bombed?Love bombing has exploded in popularity in dating discourse in recent years – but the pace of modern friendship has accelerated dramatically, making a culture ripe for friend bombing, tooLife & CultureFilm & TV7 sex worker-approved films about sex workReplitLife & CultureJoin Spike Jonze, Reshma Saujani and more at vibeconArt & PhotographyKristina Rozhkova’s uncanny photos of young RussiansArt & PhotographyNancy Honey’s photographs capture what it feels like to be a girlOnFashionHow On and Loewe are shaping the future of footwear FashionEverything you missed at Charli xcx’s SS26 fashion showLife & CultureNobody wants to be famous anymoreFilm & TVMarried at First Sight UK: The experiment has failedEscape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy