okay i have to say something now that i read an article more in depth & holy shit is this fucking disgusting. taken from this bbc article ;
“Given the passions and feelings connected with the use of Irish Gaelic, there is a sad risk that the phrase would be regarded as some form of slogan or that its inclusion without translation would, of itself, be seen as a political statement,” said Judge Stephen Eyre, QC, chancellor of the Diocese of Coventry.
he basically said that the entirity of the irish language is a political statement, that speaking it is a political act & putting these totally heartfelt worlds on the gravestone of an irish catholic woman who completely assimilated to english culture but wanted some memoriam of her culture in her children’s wishes, is a political act.
Untranslated Irish words would be “unintelligible to all but a small minority of readers”, he ruled in his judgment for the Church of England consistory court on 6 May.
He authorised a memorial which included a translation of the phrase in English.
why does every passer by need to understand the words on a gravestone of somebody they don’t know? why was this even taken into account?
& you wanna know why it would be unintelligible to all but a small minority of readers? bc its IRISH ; a language the english tried for CENTURIES to wipe out. they punished people for speaking our culture’s language, they killed people for it. the amount of irish people who know their own culture’s language is horrifically small & it’s entirely because of the racist onslaught the english perpetrated against us when they decided to try & wipe out our culture. also, why does it matter to anyone but the family what words are on THEIR MOTHER’S GRAVESTONE?
also, this battle has gone on for TWO YEARS. two years where this poor family has not been able to grieve properly for their beloved lost mother, where they can’t honour her with their culture & their language that they have probably fought to keep alive.
White people - when you ask POC questions, I wish you’d ask less “is it ok if I [do a certain thing]?” and more “what are your thoughts on [certain thing]?”
The first makes me uncomfortable bc you’re demanding a clear Yes/No that no single POC has the right to give.
It puts the burden on ME to repeat for the countless time that we are not a monolith and others may feel differently before giving my opinion and even then, I worry that you might take my answer and run with it bc I’m not sure you’re conceptualising our individual diversity.
But if you ask “what are YOUR thoughts?” instead, it shows me you’re aware that you’re getting the opinion of a single person and you’re not expecting me to speak for a whole group of people. Only then do I feel safe giving my thoughts.
Ultimately, you need to focus on listening respectfully and seeking out perspectives from a variety of POC instead of trying to get a magic Permission Pass on whether you can do [certain thing]. I mean, the final judgement on whether to act is YOURS to make.
ALSO it is very transparent when you’re more concerned about Not Getting Cancelled than listening to POC our of respect… like seriously can stop acting like we’re coercing you or making your life difficult just because we have opinions 😩
The whole body of Queen Henuttawy’s mummy was colored in yellow, while the cheeks and lips were painted red to improve her appearance.
The head is adorned with an artificial wig made of strands of black string; she was given stone eyes. Her mummy was found in the Deir el-Bahari cache (“DB320”).
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