I’ve seen Native American activists say rather strange things what do you all think about it? I was kinda wierded out by them quoting Cameron saying he was “anti-native” but actually the statement was the exact opposite and no one explained why they thought that
I could understand some of their arguments, pretty shallow liberal idpol but still valid, but this one I was skeptical
The anti-native argument usually comes from the fact that the Pandorans are depicted as “spear wielding savages”, while the human are extremely advanced technologically. Which plays into and supports the “Indians” trope that the Europeans were leagues ahead of the Native Americans, while in reality civilizations like the Mayans, Inca, Mississippi, and Pueblo were mostly on par or even ahead of the Europeans in some aspects.
Very good spectacle, ok everything else I guess
I’ve seen Native American activists say rather strange things what do you all think about it? I was kinda wierded out by them quoting Cameron saying he was “anti-native” but actually the statement was the exact opposite and no one explained why they thought that
I could understand some of their arguments, pretty shallow liberal idpol but still valid, but this one I was skeptical
The anti-native argument usually comes from the fact that the Pandorans are depicted as “spear wielding savages”, while the human are extremely advanced technologically. Which plays into and supports the “Indians” trope that the Europeans were leagues ahead of the Native Americans, while in reality civilizations like the Mayans, Inca, Mississippi, and Pueblo were mostly on par or even ahead of the Europeans in some aspects.
The Cameron quote most often use boils down to the indigenous people didn’t try hard enough… It’s pretty fucking bad coming from an anglo.
I see, I thought there was probably something problematic and cringe, well-intentioned liberal kind of stuff. I wouldn’t say it’s racist though