I think it's very convenient for you that native Americans today make up a tiny portion of the American population (wonder why?) and you have the luxury of telling them what they can and can't get upset about.
It’s also pretty convenient how not a single white person can be blamed for the atrocities of their ancestors, but in the very next sentence they all get to take credit for the good things their ancestors did.
It's more about acknowledgement and reparations for the injustices of the past. I know this is a bad analogy, but it's like telling the Jews to just "get over" the Holocaust. Or people of color in South Africa to just "get over" Apartheid when many of them are directly or indirectly affected by those injustices.
I'm no expert on American history, but from what I've read the native Americans were dispossessed of their land and then later granted areas of land to live in called "reservations". Then these areas were basically neglected and underfunded and the people allowed to descend into poverty and alcoholism.
I was talking about how the OP wanted to absolve all white people of responsibility for bad things that happened before they were born, and then in the very next sentence wanted to give white people credit for good things that happened before they were born.
But yes, it’s a perfectly fine analogy. And you’d be surprised how many people actually say those things, just like the people who think that white and black people are equal now, just because slavery ended so long ago, completely ignoring the massive advantage that gave white people in this country(since most wealth is inherited), not to mention the systemic oppression and discrimination that was open and rampant(and legal) until relatively recently and still happens in many less obvious ways today.
It’d be like if you were in a relay race and your team got a huge head start, then your teammates in the middle threw a bunch of chairs and other objects in the path of your opponents that they had to run around or trip over, then the person who was the final leg of the race just ran across the finish line and claimed it was a fair and square victory because they personally didn’t cheat to get the head start or block your opponents.
IIN I think Native Americans need to get over themselves
← View full post
I think it's very convenient for you that native Americans today make up a tiny portion of the American population (wonder why?) and you have the luxury of telling them what they can and can't get upset about.
--
Correction
3 years ago
|
pl
Comment Hidden (
show
)
Report
1
1
It’s also pretty convenient how not a single white person can be blamed for the atrocities of their ancestors, but in the very next sentence they all get to take credit for the good things their ancestors did.
--
COVID-19
3 years ago
|
pl
Comment Hidden (
show
)
Report
1
1
It's more about acknowledgement and reparations for the injustices of the past. I know this is a bad analogy, but it's like telling the Jews to just "get over" the Holocaust. Or people of color in South Africa to just "get over" Apartheid when many of them are directly or indirectly affected by those injustices.
I'm no expert on American history, but from what I've read the native Americans were dispossessed of their land and then later granted areas of land to live in called "reservations". Then these areas were basically neglected and underfunded and the people allowed to descend into poverty and alcoholism.
--
Correction
3 years ago
|
pl
Comment Hidden (
show
)
Report
1
1
I was talking about how the OP wanted to absolve all white people of responsibility for bad things that happened before they were born, and then in the very next sentence wanted to give white people credit for good things that happened before they were born.
But yes, it’s a perfectly fine analogy. And you’d be surprised how many people actually say those things, just like the people who think that white and black people are equal now, just because slavery ended so long ago, completely ignoring the massive advantage that gave white people in this country(since most wealth is inherited), not to mention the systemic oppression and discrimination that was open and rampant(and legal) until relatively recently and still happens in many less obvious ways today.
It’d be like if you were in a relay race and your team got a huge head start, then your teammates in the middle threw a bunch of chairs and other objects in the path of your opponents that they had to run around or trip over, then the person who was the final leg of the race just ran across the finish line and claimed it was a fair and square victory because they personally didn’t cheat to get the head start or block your opponents.