<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
<html>
<head>
<meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type">
</head>
<body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000">
There was a tribe called the Nanchotank living nearby, settled where
the Anacostia and Potomac meet.<br>
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:towntalk-request@riverdale-park.org">towntalk-request@riverdale-park.org</a> wrote:
<blockquote
cite="midmailman.0.1197806412.80162.towntalk@riverdale-park.org"
type="cite">
<pre wrap="">Send TownTalk mailing list submissions to
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:towntalk@riverdale-park.org">towntalk@riverdale-park.org</a>
To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://riverdale-park.org/mailman/listinfo/towntalk">http://riverdale-park.org/mailman/listinfo/towntalk</a>
or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:towntalk-request@riverdale-park.org">towntalk-request@riverdale-park.org</a>
You can reach the person managing the list at
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:towntalk-owner@riverdale-park.org">towntalk-owner@riverdale-park.org</a>
When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific
than "Re: Contents of TownTalk digest..."
</pre>
<pre wrap="">
<hr size="4" width="90%">
Today's Topics:
1. Racism (Regina M. Kreger)
2. Re: Racism (michelle burns)
</pre>
<br>
<hr size="4" width="90%"><br>
<table class="header-part1" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"
width="100%">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>
<div class="headerdisplayname" style="display: inline;">Subject:
</div>
[RP TownTalk] Racism</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<div class="headerdisplayname" style="display: inline;">From: </div>
"Regina M. Kreger" <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:regina@kreger.net"><regina@kreger.net></a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<div class="headerdisplayname" style="display: inline;">Date: </div>
Sat, 15 Dec 2007 08:05:32 -0500</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<div class="headerdisplayname" style="display: inline;">To: </div>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:towntalk@riverdale-park.org">towntalk@riverdale-park.org</a></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table class="header-part2" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"
width="100%">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>
<div class="headerdisplayname" style="display: inline;">To: </div>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:towntalk@riverdale-park.org">towntalk@riverdale-park.org</a></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<br>
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.
<br>
<br>
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. How can we be proud of the Redskins name?
<br>
<br>
I hope a few of you will give old Mr. Snyder ("a change would cut into
our merchandising revenue!") a call or a letter and ask him to change
the team's name. Tell him you'll still love the team and go to the
games. Tell him you will happily buy a new sweatshirt and a new bumper
sticker with a new name & logo, to cover up the old, racist one.
<br>
<br>
Racism is racism .... worth standing up against in all its colors.
<br>
<br>
<br>
<hr size="4" width="90%"><br>
<table class="header-part1" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"
width="100%">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>
<div class="headerdisplayname" style="display: inline;">Subject:
</div>
Re: [RP TownTalk] Racism</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<div class="headerdisplayname" style="display: inline;">From: </div>
michelle burns <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:mishburns@yahoo.com"><mishburns@yahoo.com></a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<div class="headerdisplayname" style="display: inline;">Date: </div>
Sat, 15 Dec 2007 09:21:14 -0800 (PST)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<div class="headerdisplayname" style="display: inline;">To: </div>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:TownTalk@riverdale-park.org">TownTalk@riverdale-park.org</a></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table class="header-part2" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"
width="100%">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>
<div class="headerdisplayname" style="display: inline;">To: </div>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:TownTalk@riverdale-park.org">TownTalk@riverdale-park.org</a></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<br>
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?<br>
<br>
michelle<br>
<br>
<b><i><br>
"Regina M. Kreger" <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:regina@kreger.net"><regina@kreger.net></a></i></b> wrote:
<blockquote class="replbq"
style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;">
The noose incident was sickening. Thanks to the town government for <br>
quick and decisive response. It is gratifying to know that MOST of the <br>
neighbors understand how devastating racism is.<br>
<br>
Yet ....... how many walk around town with the racist name and logo of <br>
our Washington hometown football team plastered all over their cars and
clothes? Indians are held up as "brave warriors" not out of respect and
<br>
admiration, folks. Think about it. They LOST. The "brave warrior" <br>
image is just a justification, a conscience-salve for the conquerors. <br>
No, this wasn't genocide, slaughter, massacre -- it was a fair fight! <br>
They were brave warriors! Friends, it was genocide, and not just the <br>
quick genocide of massacre, but a slow genocide that continues today. <br>
American Indians today still are the poorest, most depressed people in <br>
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 <br>
expectancy of something like 55. <span style="font-weight: bold;">And
here in Washington? The local </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Indians
weren't even marched west, they were just .... wiped out.</span><br>
</blockquote>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Some went among women who were alone, teaching them to join together.<br>
For there is hope in two women, help in three women, strength in four,<br>
joy in five. Power in six. And against seven, no gate may stand.<br>
<br>
~ Sherri S. Tepper Gibbon’s Decline and Fall ~
<p> </p>
<hr size="1">Never miss a thing. <a
href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=51438/*http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs">
Make Yahoo your homepage.</a>
<pre wrap="">
<hr size="4" width="90%">
_______________________________________________
TownTalk mailing list
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:TownTalk@riverdale-park.org">TownTalk@riverdale-park.org</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://riverdale-park.org/mailman/listinfo/towntalk">http://riverdale-park.org/mailman/listinfo/towntalk</a>
For more information about Riverdale Park, visit <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.ci.riverdale-park.md.us">http://www.ci.riverdale-park.md.us</a></pre>
</blockquote>
</body>
</html>