Lets talk about that Exit Poll
Bad data collection left internet discourse in shambles.
I was also confused when I saw the exit poll at first. Indigenous communities voting TWO THIRDS in favor of Trump? I was shocked. I knew that we have conservative Natives. We are just as likely to be Republican as any other group.
But two-thirds? That was hard to accept, and then the internet showed its entire ass reacting to the poll. Many content creators rolled out their hot takes, blaming every marginalized group for Trump's winning. The Indigenous community became the butt of the joke despite representing only 1% of those surveyed.
I was too emotional from everything else to look at the data how others could. My friend who runs Futureelderscollective on IG was the first person I saw speaking on the numbers potentially being misleading.
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But my other Mututal Evn, the Bio ethicist, made two videos that break more of this down:
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The conversation around ethical data collection in Indigenous communities must continue. I invite you to read this if you haven’t already.
What’s next?
I am strategizing what my work will look like over the next few years, and based on what resources and connections I have I think it is time for me to fully step into a Documentary/Storyteller role. The Record is going to need to be protected. And mainstream media continues to demonstrate that they lack the capacity to handle Indigenous topics. I was talking with my followers on Live this morning about how I will be more aggressively securing funding and investing in higher-quality recording equipment. I am preparing to travel a lot more to help my dad and for other projects coming together in the future. I have many people in my corner from the world of media. It is time that I take action to go through some of these doors that are being opened for me. I must adapt quickly to the actively shifting landscape. Thank you to all the folks who have been along for the ride all this time and continue to support. I can’t do this without you all.
The discord passed 500 members this morning, Yay! Thank you to everyone for making that a calm and supportive space for folks to process, grieve, or distract themselves as they navigate the election fallout. I am so grateful for all of you, and I am excited to see what comes for the community that is forming.
Well, my fellow former theater kids, this is a wrap for this presidential campaign, but the show must go on.
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From the 7Veritas4 account on Twitter: I, like many of you, have been contemplating our predicament since election night.
We are in a losing war for our democracy and I'm not sure we collectively know who our true adversary is.
It's not the voting blocks...white women, Latinos, Gen X. It's not MAGA. It's not even Trump.
It's an insidious power that has been hiding in the shadows for some time...and when the stakes were at their highest in this election, it fully revealed itself.
The American Oligarchy.
They control our Supreme Court, much of Congress, and the flow of information to the masses via legacy, mainstream and social media.
They decide the national conversation, how to keep us at each other's throats while they continue to amass wealth and power completely unchecked.
They put their thumbs on the scale of justice and poured billions into this election. They chose Trump because he was desperate and would capitulate to their demands. They chose a running mate to replace him in case he became too unhinged to control.
Consider how many disqualifying facts about Trump never saw the light of day...or didn't get the attention they deserved...or got drowned out by propaganda. They took a mentally spent buffoon and presented him as a hero to the masses.
Despite Biden successfully steering us out of a global recession and strengthening our economy, they maintained the national tone about the price of groceries being too high. Despite Trump's obvious mental decline, their media outlets remained reticent to press the issue.
We struggle to unite as a nation because they're too good at keeping us divided. We are drowning in disinformation because they control all of it.
They have successfully created imaginary villains for us to fight...each other.
It seems like we are a democracy careening towards fascism, when the reality is they're using the specter of fascism to keep us on edge while they turn America into a compliant oligarchy.
Whether you are a democrat, republican, independent or MAGA, we have a common foe.
Some of us just don't know it yet.