Ruth Bader Ginsburg Was An Anti-Black, Anti-Indigenous #girlboss

TW: sexual violence, genocide, police brutality

Who did Ginsburg advocate for? As a cishet, white woman I benefit from any inkling of WoMeN’s RiGhTs she might’ve fought for, but I’m not delusional.

Ginsburg failed to advocate for ALL women. She failed to advocate for Indigenous and Black women. And we already know that none of us are free, until we are ALL free.

We can’t talk about Ruth Bader Ginsburg and fail to address missing and murdered Indigenous women. #mmiw Ruth Bader Ginsburg co-signed the construction of a 600 mile pipeline for natural gas under the Appalachian trail. Pipelines are a threat to Indigenous women because they bring sexual violence.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg co-signed violence against Indigenous women when she co-signed that pipeline. Pipelines lead to “man camps.”

“Man Camps” are comprised of thousands of male workers who have come to a territory to profit off the construction of a pipeline.

“Man Camps” are capable of more than doubling a population of an area with an influx of non-Indigenous oil workers, according to Honor the Earth.

The Sovereign Bodies Institute’s MMIW Database is the only up-to-date database tracking missing and murdered Indigenous women in the…