Ms. Que Banh<p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/Paddler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Paddler</span></a> Nanda Baniwa, the only <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Indigenous</span></a> member of the <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Brazilian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Brazilian</span></a> delegation competing in the <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Hawaiian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hawaiian</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/CanoeWorldChampionships" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CanoeWorldChampionships</span></a> (VA’A) in <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Hawaii" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hawaii</span></a>, shared on her social networks an experience of <a href="https://beige.party/tags/discrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>discrimination</span></a> she faced when she arrived in the <a href="https://beige.party/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a>. During <a href="https://beige.party/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a>, her <a href="https://beige.party/tags/headdress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>headdress</span></a> was <a href="https://beige.party/tags/seized" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>seized</span></a>.</p><p>For the <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Amazonian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Amazonian</span></a> woman who lives in <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Par%C3%A1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pará</span></a>, the <a href="https://beige.party/tags/cocar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cocar</span></a> (headdress) is not just an ornament, but a symbol of her identity, struggle and culture, which were hurt at the time. She pointed out that, as well as <a href="https://beige.party/tags/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>racism</span></a> being hard enough to deal with, suffering discrimination without being able to react and just letting it happen is a distressing experience.</p><p>“My headdress is my great ally in my struggles, it’s part of me. And since the origin of everything, it belongs to us, and that’s how it is for all native peoples”, she shared.</p><p><a href="https://agenciacenarium.com.br/indigenous-athlete-from-brazil-denounces-racism-after-headdress-seized-in-the-us/?lang=en" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">agenciacenarium.com.br/indigen</span><span class="invisible">ous-athlete-from-brazil-denounces-racism-after-headdress-seized-in-the-us/?lang=en</span></a></p>