{"id":41699,"date":"2024-10-08T00:00:40","date_gmt":"2024-10-08T04:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/?p=41699"},"modified":"2024-10-08T12:05:57","modified_gmt":"2024-10-08T16:05:57","slug":"native-america-calling-exploiting-trauma-for-clicks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2024\/10\/08\/native-america-calling-exploiting-trauma-for-clicks\/","title":{"rendered":"Native America Calling: Exploiting trauma for clicks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"card mb-2\">\r\n  <div class=\"row\">\r\n    <div class=\"col-md-4 align-self-center\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/nativeamericacalling.jpg\" class=\"img-fluid\" alt=\"native america calling\"\/>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"col-md-8\">\r\n      <div class=\"card-body\">\r\n        <div class=\"h5-responsive card-title\">Native America Calling<\/div>\r\n        <div>\r\n           Listen to Native America Calling every weekday at 1pm Eastern.\r\n        <\/div>\r\n        <div>\r\n          <!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\r\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1859-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/playerservices.streamtheworld.com\/api\/livestream-redirect\/NV1.mp3\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/playerservices.streamtheworld.com\/api\/livestream-redirect\/NV1.mp3\">http:\/\/playerservices.streamtheworld.com\/api\/livestream-redirect\/NV1.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div>\r\n\t\t\tAlternate Links: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nv1.org\/\">Native Voice One<\/a> |\r\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativeamericacalling.com\/\">NAC<\/a>\r\n\t\t\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"h3-responsive font-weight-bold\"><\/div>\r\n<div class=\"date\">Tuesday, October 8, 2024<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"source-links\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativeamericacalling.com\/\"><i class=\"fas fa-link fa-xs\"><\/i> nativeamericacalling.com<\/a>\r\n&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/nativeamericacalling\/\"><i class=\"fab fa-instagram fa-xs\"><\/i> nativeamericacalling<\/a>\r\n&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nativeamericacalling\"><i class=\"fab fa-facebook fa-xs\"><\/i> nativeamericacalling<\/a>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\"> Exploiting trauma for clicks<\/div>\r\nA portrayal of the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pine_Ridge_Indian_Reservation\">Pine Ridge Reservation<\/a> in South Dakota by a YouTube personality with more than 2,000,000 subscribers is drawing criticism for focusing on stereotypes of poverty and substance abuse. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nTommy McGee, who goes by the name \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@TommyGMcGee\">Tommy G<\/a>\u201d, makes a name for himself producing what he calls \u201cdocumentaries\u201d that depict extremes of American life. His video from the reservation of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/THEOGLALANATION\/\">Oglala Sioux Tribe<\/a>, called \u201cThe poorest place in America\u201d, has more than 3,000,000 views.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n The 42-minute video paints a picture primarily of meth and alcohol addiction, unemployment, squalor, and crime. But Pine Ridge residents, including one Native youth organization, say the video crosses the line into \u201cpoverty porn.\u201d \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nJoin Native America Calling to explore current approaches for responsible media representation of Native people.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n <a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2024\/10\/08\/native-america-calling-exploiting-trauma-for-clicks\/tommygtommymcghee\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-41705\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" data-attachment-id=\"41705\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2024\/10\/08\/native-america-calling-exploiting-trauma-for-clicks\/tommygtommymcghee\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/08\/tommygtommymcghee.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1280,720\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-title=\"Tommy G &amp;#8211; Tommy McGee\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Tommy G &amp;#8211; Tommy McGee&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;The thumbnail for Tommy G&amp;#8217;s video about the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota features a trailer with windows broken and an individual holding a bottle of alcohol in a place where liquor is outlawed. Source: youtu.be\/TQhBZAx8DP4&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/08\/tommygtommymcghee.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/08\/tommygtommymcghee.jpg\" alt=\"Tommy G - Tommy McGee\"  class=\"size-full wp-image-41705\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"figure-caption\"> The thumbnail for Tommy G&#8217;s video about the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota features a trailer with windows broken and an individual holding a bottle of alcohol in a place where liquor is outlawed. Source: youtu.be\/TQhBZAx8DP4<\/figcaption>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\">Guests on Native America Calling<\/div>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/melissa-greene-blye-ph-d-598b648\/\">Melissa Greene-Blye<\/a> (Miami Tribe of Oklahoma), professor of journalism at the <a href=\"https:\/\/indigenous.ku.edu\/people\/melissa-greene-blye\">University of Kansas<\/a>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/kyle.juan.165\/\">Kyle Mesteth<\/a> (Oglala Lakota), CEO and founder of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groundcontrol605\/\">Ground Control<\/a> in South Dakota\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.clementinebordeaux.com\/\">Clementine Bordeaux<\/a> (Sicangu and Oglala Lakota), PhD in culture and performance from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and a <a href=\"https:\/\/wac.ucla.edu\/people\/graduate-students\/clementine-bordeaux\">postdoctoral fellow with the University of California<\/a>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/zaniswag\/\">Zaniyan Iron Eyes<\/a> (Hunkpapa and Oglala Lakota), intergovernmental ambassador for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/nayocouncil\">Native American Youth Organization<\/a> (NAYO)\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border-radius:12px\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/show\/4RE6juPYr7cl2Zsmb2zjq7?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"232\" frameBorder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\"><\/iframe>\r\n<figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">All Episodes on <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4RE6juPYr7cl2Zsmb2zjq7?si=2a56e59533534bf9\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativeamericacalling.com\/subscribe-to-podcast\/\">More Options<\/a>\r\n<\/figcaption>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A portrayal of the Pine Ridge Reservation by a YouTube personality with more than 2 million subscribers is drawing criticism for focusing on stereotypes.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41705,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1,22],"tags":[5471,180,5005,243,5470,133,5473,97,134,98,675,102,5474],"class_list":["post-41699","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","category-technology","tag-clementine-bordeaux","tag-internet","tag-kyle-mesteth","tag-media","tag-melissa-greene-blye","tag-native-america-calling","tag-nayo","tag-oglala-sioux","tag-radio","tag-south-dakota","tag-stereotypes","tag-youth","tag-zaniyan-iron-eyes","no-wpautop"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcoJ7g-aQz","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/08\/tommygtommymcghee.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41699","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41699"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41699\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41708,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41699\/revisions\/41708"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}