juniebuglovesyou:

cisphobeofficial:

river-wraith:

swolizard:

TO THIS DAY I refuse to let white people have the boston tea party shit because they used red clay and paint, dressed up in sacred Native American clothing, and wore headresses so that the tribes in close proximity would get the full brute force of punishment. yall were, are, and always have been cowards when it comes to doing shit and I refuse to let you think your history is amazing

Holy crap the education system is terrible. They taught us that it was this cool thing and never talked about how we did it to make the blame fall on the natives! I can’t believe I never made the connection before, I never knew why they dressed up.

..i didnt even know that they had dressed up

here and here and here are a few sources

the second source says they did this to identify themselves as “Americans” rather than British subjects; as if they were equals with natives. ha. alright then.