#also like i engaged with kaia content until i saw a native persons post abt her and like lol i immediately stopped??

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re: kaia nieves and dark kaia

i am not the first blogger to speak out about kaia nieves and why she is a racist native caricature that white people CANNOT and SHOULD NOT continue writing. i would also like to preface this post that i am not north american native so apologies for any inaccuracies and if you are north american native i welcome your input.  first of all, the actress who plays kaia nieves is not north american native. yadira guevara-prip (kaia’s actress) is hispanic/latina and she is known for playing other offensive native stereotypes on other shows.  second of all, the first episode kaia is introduced is the bad place is written by bobo berens. he is a white man writing her storyline about overdose and dreamwalking.  bobo berens treats dreamwalking as a superpower and completely ignores how sacred dreams and dreamwalking is to indigenous culture. here is a resource that discusses how dreams have a spiritual significance to native culture (including south american indigenous people) and this one focues on the anishinaabe peoples. bobo berens wrote about kaia nieves being an addict which is very offensive because statics show native american youth have a substantially higher use of alcohol, marijuana, cigarettes, and other illicit drugs. source  but overall, statics show that native americans have a high rate of substance abuse. source writing about a native character as a white person it is not your place to explore intercommunity issues like that. not to mention spn is filmed in canada where issues like drug addiction and homelessness are prominent. 

addressing dark kaia is even worse because she is literally the essence of the media stereotype of natives that claim we are “savages”. (i’m kʼicheʼ basically a native guatemalan/”mayan” and i’m tired of these savage native stereotypes. i’m pretty much at my point with the blood sacrifice stereotype that we are portrayed as in media) but focusing on dark kaia, she is literally carrying a spear, is introduced as a “bad guy”, and lives in the woods alone. her first interactions on screen portray her as “aggressive” as she tries to kill claire and kaia. here are sources that explain the “savage” native stereotype: source 1. source 2. source 3. if you are a white person continually writing kaia and/or dark kaia, you need to take a step back and examine your anti-indigenous biases. why are you so attached to this character built on anti-indigenous stereotypes and cultural appropriation? if it is because of dreamhunter you can always ship claire with krissy, alicia, any female character claire’s age in spn, or just create an oc. if it’s because she’s canonically sapphic there is also charlie, lily (special child), siobhan and kristin, and max and stacy. headcanoning characters is also encouraged in the fandom too.  from a south american indigenous person, please stop writing kaia if you are white. you cannot reclaim her. ( feel free to donate to one these charities if you want to apologize lol) 

#also like i engaged with kaia content until i saw a native persons post abt her and like lol i immediately stopped?? #dont know why its so hard for some of yall. #long post #supernatural #spn #anti kaia #anti dreamhunter #please please please listen #white people PLEASE reblog