tazzygirl
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what happened to the native people of america was pretty heinous. i'm part cherokee and while they may not want me in the tribe, native issues are EXTREMELY important to me, too. but there's a difference between that and being considered non-human and bought and sold as property. being a slave is a kink to people now, but in our history it means something else altogether.
The Native Americans need to get over what happen to them. They get checks, free homes and much other free things. The Blacks do not get those things. This is not going to go over well. But I hope that policy will change. But prolly not, because they have been already to spoiled by it. Their issues are extremely important because they can not just move on. But they have their casinos. Time for equality.
And nope I am not racist!
~sub_eos~
~To Thine Own Self Be True~
i am half souix. my father full blooded. we dont GET checks, free housing, or anything else. everything i have, i worked hard for. as did my father,, and his father, and his father. as far as the casinos, most tribes dont see much if anything from them.
so many races, colors, tribes, ect, have been used, manipulated, even enslaved, some for a set amount of time, some for all their lives.
so much hatred.. so much blame. what happened, happened. we cant change that, nothing can rewrite history. im sorry the slaves from africa were sold by their own tries or warring tribes. im sorry american's bought them as cheap slave labor. im sorry some were beaten and killed without any more thought that one might have given a horse at that time.
but a WHOLE country went to war over that issue, among others. they gained their freedom, such as it was. and it wasnt much. native americans too had to fight for what was rightfully theirs. its never easy to let go of a bad past, whether its a personal or race.
i grew up in the military, where you dont see race, you see ranks. in the 70's while some places were still segregated (yes, many places still were) our neighbors wore a rainbow of colors... we didnt see them as a black man, or am italian, or japanese. they were MP's, Commanding Officers, Navy Seals. Men of honor, pride and dignity... and thats all we saw.. all we knew growing up.
it wasnt till my father retired and we moved south that the full racism issue slapped me in the face. i was 14, and absolutely amazed at the amount of hatred i saw from one race towards another. and i feel like im still seeing that to this day, thankfully, not as much.
i currently live in ohio, and not saying this is an ohio trait, but, the amount of obvious racism i see where i live is worse than i encountered in the south.
people... isnt it time to let it go and become a country of americans instead of always leading our nationality by our race? isnt it TIME we let go of all that? i dont march to my government and complain that my ancestors were forced from their lands, bullied onto reservations and had to give up their way of life because another race decided we were inferior. and, yes, some people still look at us as if we are. when we stop looking at the color of our skin, and start focusing on the philosophies of each person individually, then maybe we can surpass this insane racism issue and pull together to become what we are supposed to be,... united
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