Wow. I just learned something NEW — Maslow stole his “Hierarchy of Needs” model from the Blackfoot people. Holy shit. White men have literally stolen and distorted everything they touch. Guess he forgot to put “stealing from Natives” on his little list of “needs” too. - ThreadSky

kellylynnedang.bsky.social • 30 days ago

Wow. I just learned something NEW — Maslow stole his “Hierarchy of Needs” model from the Blackfoot people.

Holy shit. White men have literally stolen and distorted everything they touch.

Guess he forgot to put “stealing from Natives” on his little list of “needs” too.

Reposted from Krystal Kavita Jagoo, MSW (She/Her/Hers) 🇹🇹👊🏽✍️🏾♊️♊️♏️

Obligatory reminder that Maslow deserves zero apologies whatsoever, as that white man had the unmitigated gall to steal credit from Blackfoot communities, & still got the message wrong with his hierarchy of needs, so please stop reinforcing his epic failure! 👀
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bladesjester.bsky.social•30 days ago

Yup. Not only that, he made it about individual needs in the absence of a support network rather than how you are part of a larger whole and the importance of that to you

kellylynnedang.bsky.social•30 days ago

Please share this with therapists and practitioners who use this model, as it’s both rooted in white supremacy, does not credit Native people, is distorted, and also wrong. This is not helping people and their spirits mend. It’s twisted medicine.

equinox55.bsky.social•30 days ago

Where can I find more info on this?

walkinginaustin.bsky.social•30 days ago

I work in instructional design and development, which references Maslow a lot, and I bring this up whenever I can.

screendoorpictures.com•30 days ago

I should be surprised.

But I ain't

numberw1tch.bsky.social•30 days ago

I have a question from that article.
How do you correctly pronounce "Siksika"?

Oh joy yet another "smart man of European descent" who's great contribution to his field was mangling the Cliffs Notes on another culture.

Can we get a cultural do over please?

walkinginaustin.bsky.social•30 days ago

Yep. And yep. Literally.

equitableforall.bsky.social•30 days ago

"Guess he forgot to put “stealing from Natives” on his little list of “needs” too."

kellylynnedang.bsky.social•30 days ago

dancingstickman.bsky.social•30 days ago

The way Maslow stole the framework and discarded community actualization reminds me of how the framers stole federalism and discarded matriarchy.

mandilindner.bsky.social•30 days ago

That sound you hear is the screeching of my wheels as I stop referring to Maslow's and forevermore start using the Blackfoot Model.

I guess I shouldn't be surprised at this point, but 😮

kellylynnedang.bsky.social•30 days ago

Right!?

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