diff --git a/11ty/definitions/circle-the-wagons.md b/11ty/definitions/circle-the-wagons.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..58558cff --- /dev/null +++ b/11ty/definitions/circle-the-wagons.md @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@ +--- +title: circle the wagons +slug: circle-the-wagons +speech: verb +defined: true +excerpt: "colloquially: taking a defensive position; gathering a group of people; working together to protect from external danger" +reading: +- text: 21 things you can do to be more respectful of Native American cultures + href: https://nonprofitaf.com/2017/10/21-things-you-can-do-to-be-more-respectful-of-native-american-cultures/#more-4624 +- text: What does circle the wagons mean + href: https://www.wisegeek.com/what-does-circle-the-wagons-mean.htm +--- + +colloquially: taking a defensive position; gathering a group of people; working together to protect from external danger + +## Issues + +"[Circle the wagons] is rooted in stories about "brave pioneers" who were "under attack" by "hostile savages." Hit the pause button. + +Those "brave pioneers" were seeking land that belonged to Native peoples who fought to defend that land, their homes, their moms and their kids. Anyone would do that, but the imagery of "circle the wagons" makes Native peoples out as barbaric and aggressive. Who, in fact, was the aggressor?! + +More facts: The wagons were circled at night in order to keep the cattle enclosed so they wouldn't wander off. I've also read that, if there was an attack, the wagons were too far apart and slow moving to have actually been put into that circle."[1](https://americanindiansinchildrensliterature.blogspot.com/p/all-you-do-is-complain.html) + +## Alt Words + +- collect the team +- huddle +- self-protect diff --git a/11ty/definitions/grandfathering.md b/11ty/definitions/grandfathering.md index 4a8ffaa5..8406698c 100644 --- a/11ty/definitions/grandfathering.md +++ b/11ty/definitions/grandfathering.md @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ colloquially, to permit to continue under expired rules; racist origins of Grand ## Issues -In the United States, ‘Grandfather Clause’ originally referred to provisions adopted by seven Southern states after the Civil War in an effort to disenfranchise African-American voters by requiring voters to pass literacy tests or meet other significant qualifications, while exempting from such requirements those who were descendants of men who were eligible to vote before 1867. This type of law ensured that illiterate whites were able to vote while restricting Black Americans from voting. This practice of grandfather clauses did not officially end until 1965, when the Voting Rights Act was implemented. +In the United States, ‘Grandfather Clause’ originally referred to provisions adopted by seven Southern states after the Civil War in an effort to disenfranchise Black voters by requiring voters to pass literacy tests or meet other significant qualifications, while exempting from such requirements those who were descendants of men who were eligible to vote before 1867. This type of law ensured that illiterate white Americans were able to vote while preventing Black Americans from voting. This practice of grandfather clauses did not officially end until 1965, when the Voting Rights Act was implemented. ## Impact