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In reply to the discussion: Isn't anyone less than half American Indian occupying something that doesn't belong to them? [View all]Fix The Stupid
(948 posts)6. Please stop with this.
The natives lost. Period. Just as countless other societies throughout the world came and went, rose and fell, etc.
How far back do we go?
Do you have any idea how bloody and ruthless the Natives were towards each other? Slavery? etc?
Who was here before they 'stole' the land?
And sorry, but for cultures that did not record any of their history, their 'oral' history has no weight.
Yes, it was awful what people/governments did to the native populations generations ago...that is not in dispute.
What I am sick of hearing is that I should be guilty for what none of my ancestors created or did. Stop with this.
And I have german blood - I am supposed to go back to Germany? When my great-grandparents came to Canada, they settled here, created a life for themselves, CONTRIBUTED to society, and looked forward, not backwards...I am Canadian. A fucking NATIVE Canadian.
Take this neo-liberal BS and shove it.
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Isn't anyone less than half American Indian occupying something that doesn't belong to them? [View all]
GummyBearz
Jan 2016
OP
Thinking about it I want to go back further, can you research people from the Lithic Stage?
snooper2
Jan 2016
#9
What if Tribe A forcibly displaced Tribe B from a particular piece of land many years ago?
Nye Bevan
Jan 2016
#10
Not necessarily. Native Hawaiians are not occupying something that doesn't belong to them.
KamaAina
Jan 2016
#12
imaginary red and blue lines on a map are real is simply faith-based Magical Thinking
LanternWaste
Jan 2016
#15
My family fled Germany after they received an ultimatum - leave, convert, or die.
NutmegYankee
Jan 2016
#16
All my ancestors were displaced from somewhere that no longer belongs to me.
JustABozoOnThisBus
Jan 2016
#22