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Originally posted by quzah
What? Ok, let's get this straight: "NA" like to be recognized as each their own "nation". The Charokee Nation, the Apache Nation, etc. So it's OK for all of these "somewhat related nations" to kill eachother, but when an outside "nation" comes in, it's wrong? Am I the only one who things this is absolutely absurd?
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Depends on how you look at it. I think the Whites killing off Native Americans is rather different than, say, the Germans killing off the French. Both situations suck...no doubt about that. But in the case of the Native Americans, not only were cultures being eliminated, but an entire race as well.
As a real life example, the various African tribes were killing each other before Europeans colonized the continent. Now I don't know about you, but I'd say that the Europeans going in there, killing people, taking people away and stealing resources was incredibly wrong, much worse than African tribes killing each other...or the various European nationalities killing each other.
And in the end, the Native Americans were killed in part b/c of who they were...and nearly annihilated. And even if they did go peacefully, many of them were still fucked by the government.
So like I said earlier in this thread...given what happened to them, what they get now seems fair.
As an aside, while institutions like the Bureau of Indian Affairs "work" with all Native Americans, a lot of the nitty gritty between Native Americans and the various levels of government is handled on a tribal level.
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Ok, so how long is "good enough" for whitey to pay NA? 100 more years? Five more years? 500 more years? 1000 more years?
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Who knows? Possibly forever. The situation with the Native Americans is unique compared to the other minorities in this country.
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You do realize that "whitey" isn't going to be the majority for long.
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So what do you think will happen then? Do you think that whites will become the persecuted minority?
I doubt it. One can be a minority and still discriminate against the majority. One needs only to look at apartheid-era South Africa.
Jimbo, you make some good points; however, let me ask you this...who was the real loser in the end? The Native Americans, who certainly got their asses whupped (minus Custer and a few other battles)...or Whites, who missed a golden opportunity to learn about new and different cultures?