"The last chapter in any successful genocide is the one in which the oppressor can remove their hands and say, my god, what are these people doing to each other? They're killing each other; they're killing themselves...this is the legacy of Manifest Destiny."
This crushes...crushes my soul.
We live in a country founded on a successful holocaust. Where the storming of Normandy failed.
250,000 out of 8 million? That's 96.875% of a population killed. 7,750,000 people. Perspective: scholars agree that approximately 6 million Jews were murdered during the Third Reich. 800,000 in Rwanda. 1.5 million Armenians. 600,000 Filipinos. 1,000,000 Greeks.
I stand on the bones of people who deserved to live. imago.
The "uhmurica" joke has become...less and less funny this year. I think I'm going to be sick.
I can't...see anything through this haze. Guilt and anger are unmourned grief. Grieve. Mourn.
And what the FUCK are they teaching in elementary schools? The schools are built from the bones of possibly the largest mass genocide of a people group in documented history. And we teach thanksgiving. Cowboys and indians.
Lets teach our kids to play Jews and Nazis instead. Sick.
Internationally, it's no news...we need a reality check. Humility. The US has a really big head on it's shoulders.
Nothing makes me want to leave more.
http://fadedandblurred.com/blog/the-shadow-of-wounded-knee-aaron-huey/ Thanks, Nikki.
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http://www.amazon.com/Different-Mirror-History-Multicultural-America/dp/0316022365/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1345021148&sr=8-1&keywords=a+different+mirror
I recently read this book for a Minorities in America class and it goes into depth the level of deception we used against all minorities including the Indians. A lot of what he spoke about was in the book. What's missing in the book is the end result. I was impressed that it was the first history book I've read that accurately depicted the maltreatment on an incredible level.
I constantly skim over data in classes that note the unruly high suicide and addiction rate with this group. That was such an awesome TED talk.
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