I was born and raised in southern NM, so we get some of these guys and also those old fucks who want to retire somewhere sunny and cheap, defunding schools and putting up anti abortion billboards. I live in Abq now and the number of Europeans I’ve met who want to “become native” is really...something.

I don’t know. I was born in New Mexico and grew up there in the ‘80s, and what is described here is nothing new — 30+ years ago it was Shirley Maclaine and her crystals. People outside of Santa Fe refer to it as Fanta Se, and even 30 years ago the wealth disparity was striking. Perhaps the activism on the part of the…

might I direct you to this article that shows you exactly what he’s working with https://www.someecards.com/news/politics/donald-trump-jr-halloween-costume-father-flag/

I read the piece. So here’s my question: What’s the solution?

Also there are actual semi-functioning, less navel-gazing cities in New Mexico, like Albuquerque, where the actual artists can afford to live and work.

When the author scuttles back to Brooklyn, is she aware that the land there is equally sacred, and that she’s using it without awareness of those who lived there before European contact? There isn’t any place in the Americas where this isn’t true, whether or not there are walking, talking reminders of that fact.

This is the thread the post deserves.

I just re-read the whole piece and I am scratching my head even more as to why she felt compelled to waste everyone’s time when the gist of this piece is simply humblebrag about her dad and her family without even realizing the savior element tied to it. Her dad barely even talks about his work that saved, in part,…

But they don’t come here for the people. They don’t really come here for the land. That’s something that really bothers me. They got off the plane, get in the rental car, drive around, consume, consume, consume, then they take off. And they don’t do anything to recognize the people who have lived here and who still…

I stopped reading at “At the same time that Santa Fe and Taos undergo a massive and perhaps irreversible gentrification process.” FFS, Taos is a goddamned ski resort and has been an artist colony since 1899. Georgia O’Keeffe moved to Santa Fe in 1984. Both these places were gentrified before this person was even born.…

Out there, on the internet somewhere, there’s a lengthy article written by a born and raised Brooklynite talking about their neighborhood being overrun with a scourge of bloggers from New Mexico.

The Hopi pueblos are one of the oldest civilizations on the planet. Native peoples also tell their histories in ways that don’t easily correlate with white history.

I love New Mexico so much, but mostly just Albuquerque. I was born in ABQ & have lived here a non-consecutive 29 years. I am NOT a fan of Santa Fe or Taos. Too weird white old hippie, and I say this as a white person who is the family hippie. I DID NOT KNOW THAT ABOUT THE SANTA FE WOMEN’S MARCH! I worked with students…

Oblivious rich people are going to fuck up any local culture no matter where it is. I think after the first period of actual Manifest Destiny this comes as no surprise.

This is an incredible article. I only visited New Mexico once and I did find it beautiful. I love the desert, I love the weather, but I’m also mixed race and I find the Native vs European narrative to be a little isolating. Most Latinos have both Native and European heritage. Culturally that European heritage is more…

It takes me weeks back in Brooklyn to recover.

I like how you said the Spanish arrived in some vague time period of the 1500s but then talk about the natives building there in 13th century AD, because that sounds way more ancient but in reality the two times are separated by only a few hundred years.

You’re right. Hit them in the wallet so it hurts

A righteous martyr with a lot less coin to throw at his bullshit minions. Fuck Alex Jones right into the fucking poorhouse.

Only if that message prerolls on EVERY video. Like the safety warnings on the Jackass TV show.