Yes, this is also a phenomenon here in Peru, to claim to be "Inka."

…aim an identity that is not your own. The intrinsic damage I perpetrated was three of many things: 1) I romanticized Indigeneity. 2) I essentially claimed to be a Mayan Pocahontas and an experience that isn’t mine. And 3) I successfully erased the Mayans existing in the Yucatan today. How is that not harmful? How am I not replicating the project of White Supremacy? Therefore, claiming P.O.C. status is dangerous because,…
Why ‘White-Passing’ Is White Supremacy
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Joey Pierre
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Jul 14, 2021
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Yes, this is also a phenomenon here in Peru, to claim to be "Inka."
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Written by MJ Adia339 Followers
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Black-Filipina. Lived in Peru for 5 years. LICSW, dancer, meditator. Writes about multiculturalism, cinema, race, social issues.
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