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This article (which is also the source of the image) argues that white people are responsible for being aware of racism and stereotypes and for standing up for and supporting people of color.

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I’m not the Indian you had in mind
I’ve seen him
Oh, I’ve seen him ride,
a rush of wind, a darkening tide
with Wolf and Eagle by his side
his buttocks firm and well defined
my god, he looks good from behind
But I’m not the Indian you had in mind.

I’m not the Indian you had in mind
I’ve heard him
Oh, I’ve heard him roar,
the warrior wild, the video store
the movies that we all adore
the clichés that we can’t rewind,
But I’m not the Indian you had in mind.

I’m not the Indian you had in mind
I’ve known him
Oh, I’ve known him well,
the bear-greased hair, the pungent smell
the piercing eye, the startling yell
thank God that he’s the friendly kind,
But I’m not the Indian you had in mind.

I’m that other one.
The one who lives just down the street.

the one you’re disinclined to meet
the Oka guy, remember me?
Ipperwash? Wounded Knee?

That other Indian.
the one who runs the local bar
the CEO, the movie star,
the elder with her bingo tales
the activist alone in jail

That other Indian.
The doctor, the homeless bum
the boys who sing around the drum
the relative I cannot bear
my father who was never there
he must have hated me, I guess
my best friend’s kid with FAS
the single mum who drives the bus
I’m all of these and they are us.

So damn you for the lies you’ve told
and damn me for not being bold
enough to stand my ground
and say
that what you’ve done is not our way

But, in the end the land won’t care
which one was rabbit, which one was bear
who did the deed and who did not
who did the shooting, who got shot
who told the truth, who told the lie
who drained the lakes and rivers dry
who made us laugh, who made us sad
who made the world Monsanto mad
whose appetites consumed the earth,
it wasn’t me, for what it’s worth.

Or maybe it was.
But hey, let’s not get too distressed
it’s not as bad as it might sound
hell, we didn’t make this mess.
It was given us
and when we’re gone
as our parents did
we’ll pass it on.

You see?
I’ve learned your lessons well
what to buy, what to sell
what’s commodity, what’s trash
what discount you can get for cash

And Indians, well, we’ll still be here
the Real One and the rest of us
we’ve got no other place to go
don’t worry, we won’t make a fuss

Well, not much.

Though sometimes, sometimes late at night
when all the world is warm and dead
I wonder how things might have been
had you followed, had we led.

So consider as you live your days
that we live ours under the gaze

of generations watching us
of generations still intact
of generations still to be
seven forward, seven back.

Yeah, it’s not easy.

Course you can always go ask that brave you like so much
the Indian you idolize
perhaps that’s wisdom on his face
compassion sparkling in his eyes.
He may well have a secret song
a dance he’ll share, a long-lost chant
ask him to help you save the world
to save yourselves.
Don’t look at me.
I’m not the Indian you had in mind.
I can’t

Most believe Indians to be old not smart and crazy out of this world wearing jean jackets jeans long hair and have feathers in there hair live in teepees

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"'Okay, Arnold,'  Dodge said, 'where did you learn this fact? On the reservation? Yes, we all know there's so much amazing science on the reservation.' My class mates snickered. ( Alexie 85)

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"'Okay, Arnold,'  Dodge said, 'where did you learn this fact? On the reservation? Yes, we all know there's so much amazing science on the reservation.' My class mates snickered. ( Alexie 85)

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In this quote juniors classmates they start laughing because his fact is from the knowledge of the reservation they think because he from the rez hes not smart

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"'I love Indians. I love your songs, your dances, and your souls. And I love your art. I collect Indian art.' Oh, God, he was a collector. Those guys made Indians feel like insects pinned to a display board. I looked around the football field. Yep, all of my cousins were squirming like beetles and butterflies with pins stuck in their hearts." (Alexie 163)

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"'I love Indians. I love your songs, your dances, and your souls. And I love your art. I collect Indian art.' Oh, God, he was a collector. Those guys made Indians feel like insects pinned to a display board. I looked around the football field. Yep, all of my cousins were squirming like beetles and butterflies with pins stuck in their hearts." (Alexie 163)

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In this scene, the billionaire Ted tells the Spokane people on the rez about his "love" for Indian culture. However, the people on Junior's rez find his sentiments shallow, annoying, and insulting. Though he seems to have the best intentions, Ted's behavior is still racist because he does not treat Native Americans like people, but like inanimate artifacts, like the dead insects in Junior's analogy.

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"So what was I doing in racist Reardan, where more than half of every graduating class went to college? Nobody in my family had ever gone near a college. Reardan was the opposite of the rez. It was the opposite of my family. It was the opposite of me. I didn't deserve to be there. I knew it; all of those kids knew it. Indians don't deserve shit." (Alexie 56)

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"So what was I doing in racist Reardan, where more than half of every graduating class went to college? Nobody in my family had ever gone near a college. Reardan was the opposite of the rez. It was the opposite of my family. It was the opposite of me. I didn't deserve to be there. I knew it; all of those kids knew it. Indians don't deserve shit." (Alexie 56)

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This quote shows that racism does not just result in white people treating others races poorly. Racism can also cause people of color to loose their sense of confidence and self-worth, which is the case with the people on Junior's rez.

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"It sucks to be poor and it sucks to feel that you somehow deserve to be poor. You start believing that your're poor because you're stupid and ugly. And then you start believing that you're stupid and ugly because you're Indian. And because your Indian, you start to believing you're destined to be poor. It's an ugly circle and there's nothing you can do about it."  (Alexie 13)

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"It sucks to be poor and it sucks to feel that you somehow deserve to be poor. You start believing that your're poor because you're stupid and ugly. And then you start believing that you're stupid and ugly because you're Indian. And because your Indian, you start to believing you're destined to be poor. It's an ugly circle and there's nothing you can do about it."  (Alexie 13)

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Many on the rez believe that because they're poor there's no point in trying to not be poor which makes most of the race stereotypes true they get money from the state

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"'Son,' Mr. P said. "You're going to find more and more hope the farther and farther you walk from this sad, sad, sad reservation.'" (Alexie 43)

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"'Son,' Mr. P said. "You're going to find more and more hope the farther and farther you walk from this sad, sad, sad reservation.'" (Alexie 43)

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The people on the reservation that Junior lives on are impoverished and depressed, and many are addicted to drugs and/or alcohol.

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This image sends the message that white people can often contribute to racial oppression without realizing that they are