[RP TownTalk] Racism

[michelle burns]

this made me think of a question i had recently when visited by an apache friend from colorado:  which tribes lived in our own area before colonial times?  does anyone know?

michelle


"Regina M. Kreger" <regina at kreger.net> wrote: The noose incident was sickening. Thanks to the town government for 
quick and decisive response. It is gratifying to know that MOST of the 
neighbors understand how devastating racism is.

Yet .......  how many walk around town with the racist name and logo of 
our Washington hometown football team plastered all over their cars and clothes?  Indians are held up as "brave warriors" not out of respect and 
admiration, folks.  Think about it.  They LOST.  The "brave warrior" 
image is just a justification, a conscience-salve for the conquerors.  
No, this wasn't genocide, slaughter, massacre -- it was a fair fight!  
They were brave warriors!  Friends, it was genocide, and not just the 
quick genocide of massacre, but a slow genocide that continues today. 
American Indians today still are the poorest, most depressed people in 
this country on average, notwithstanding a few nations that have managed to build successful casinos.  The great Sioux nation, the brave Plains warriors of the old cowboy & indian movies -- they're doing worst of all. Men on Pine Ridge and Rosebud Sioux reservations have a life 
expectancy of something like 55. And here in Washington? The local Indians weren't even marched west, they were just .... wiped out.



Some went among women who were alone, teaching them to join together.
For there is hope in two women, help in three women, strength in four,
joy in five. Power in six. And against seven, no gate may stand.

~ Sherri S. Tepper Gibbon’s Decline and Fall ~
       
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