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TO ALL THE WHITE PEOPLE WHO STILL USE THE TERM “SPIRIT ANIMAL” BECAUSE “WHAT ELSE CAN I USE TO DENOTE MY FEELZ ABOUT HOW I REALLY IDENTIFY WITH AND LOVE A CHARACTER/THING”?

witchyways:

wtfwhiteprivilege:

lightspeedsound:

…how about “I REALLY IDENTIFY WITH AND LOVE THIS CHARACTER/THING”

or, if you want something that is shorter and more nerdy, how about “patronus”? 

As in, 

“ROBERT DOWNEY JR. IS MY PATRONUS”

“CAKE IS MY PATRONUS”

“PEOPLE WHO COME UP WITH NON-RACIST TERMS FOR THINGS I DIDN’T KNOW WERE RACIST ARE MY PATRONUS” 

So valid.

THIS IS FOR YOU, pagan TAG.

RAGUGHGHG

How exactly is “spirit animal” racist?  Two modern English words.  Not totem, not nagual, not any of the words that native Americans or any other indigenous group would have used for the equivalent belief in their spiritual systems.  ”Spirit animal”.  I’m having a hard time seeing any justification for racial ownership of this English-language term.

(via lupercos)

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    Using this forever and ever because it is so much better. “PEOPLE WHO COME UP WITH NON-RACIST TERMS FOR THINGS I DIDN’T...
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  10. daidia reblogged this from ladyironofshield and added:
    what does race have to do with this? why does this have to be a race thing? why can’t this be a non-pagan thing? so...
  11. thelovelyatomicmushroom reblogged this from brasspistol and added:
    what the absolute hell does that have to do with race at all??..a white person made this post didn’t they??
  12. thequeenofshebasays reblogged this from mrs-don-draper and added:
    I’m of African-American and Native American decent… I use the term ‘Spirit Animal’… I also do not get offended if white...
  13. mrs-don-draper reblogged this from ladyironofshield and added:
    I’m sorry, but who am I offending by saying “spirit animal”? And what does my white-ness have to do with anything? And...
  14. ladyironofshield reblogged this from brasspistol and added:
    term… I’m not religious or anything, I...like that term…
  15. brasspistol reblogged this from theemptybookoftides and added:
    I’m going with Patronus, though daemon is a good option too.
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    this
  24. nfornihilism reblogged this from voyeurismisparticipation and added:
    right, probably should come up with an alternate term to indicate that when i take a lot of drugs, robert downey jr...
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    Can someone please explain to me how using the term “spirit animal” is offensive if white people use it? I’ve been under...
  28. voyeurismisparticipation reblogged this from sophieag and added:
    I never used spirit animal personally, but FUCK YEAH I love it when peeps point out offensive cultural appropriation!
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