This goes back to the need of centering Indigenous voices over other voices bc it’s not about “intention” but the IMPACTS Frida has today on us Zapotec folks whose culture was appropriate by her. https://twitter.com/ferniefaq/status/1336937296893886466

The problem is that people have conflated Frida Kahlo as part of their identity so they feel personally attacked...however, it’s important to put in the front and center Zapotec folks who are still living today the impacts of cultural appropriation from Frida Kahlo.

When we tell you she wasn’t Zapotec or her mother wasn’t Zapotec it’s not because of blood quantum. Neither of them had any roots in Zapotec culture (period). Leave blood quantum out of this. Maybe she was Indigenous (Idk) but we do know she wasn’t Zapotec.

People act that as Zapotec people we don’t know of each other. In no Indigenous Oaxacan pueblo was Frida Kahlo’s family roots immersed. Trust us, our people would know. We just need to admit that she wasn’t Zapotec and trusting Zapotec people know best of their culture.

Also these have been conversations that have been happening in our Zapotec communities when Frida was alive. We just didn’t have social media and of course our Indigenous ancestors and relatives voices were completely ignored or not centered at this time. This isn’t just our...

generation speaking up. Our abuelas, abuelos, tatara abuelos/abuelas, etc. have been saying this for a long time. It’s just that we have more voices now who can be shared through social media and across borders.