Yesterday was ‘ Juneteenth ‘ …the anniversary of the day ( well, a year and change after when the message finally got through to the people in Texas…) when slavery ended in the USA. Black slavery…which gets the most attention. But what about Native slavery?
Not to make light of anyone’s plight, but just to say, THEY matter too! And, if you really look at it, they are still enslaved today. Black people, are not…
Natives are looked down upon, relegated to reservations, and segregated. Wanna talk segregation?? Here we go. That is, culture being thrown right down the crapper. In live time we have been seeing it, while all the free black Americans complain about how bad they had it…
I have Wampanoag blood myself. As well as French-Canadian, Irish, Greek, Portuguese…yes, i am a mutt!😀
But ALL of my nationalities, were enslaved. Some by their own people.
When will we see Mount Rushmore, demolished? What an insult to those tribes from that area…it is sacred land, and they are forced to occupy the same space as a monument to their ancestor’s oppressors…sound familiar??
…all they did to oppress, and enslave. Although, if you really do know your history, there were Native slaves, enslaved BY Native slave traders. No person is lesser than any other person. The inherent problem in the USA, is Classism. Racism is an illusion. Classism, keeps people down, mired in their own subjective hell. Not able to function because of higher classes of people who have a better running start at that high jump towards success. Yes, of course history shows oppression, suffering, displacement on a massive scale…but in the long run, class is the most important achievement. When people are pushed aside, out of their comfort zones, out of their surroundings which they first had claim to…it makes them feel weighed down by society, and it’s easier to just accept it, and pack up and go wherever they say to go.
Just look at Palestine…
For me, i would love to see Mt. Rushmore razed to the ground and see that awesome plume of dust settling back down on the decades, centuries of rule and greed and blood-lust…
so they can finally have the peace they so deserve. But, it’s so much bigger than just one person’s opinion. Many of the tribes in that area, don’t care either way.
Embrace your culture, embrace your family…embrace your hope that one day ALL people will truly be ” equal ” …
but, in reality, that will never happen. Think about it. For everyone to be ‘ equal ‘ , would make no sense. The same way that in a classroom you can’t give every kid a gold star. Someone has to be the dummy or there’s no reason to improve. Classism, is actually very important in the USA, because we are a Capitalist society, by choice…and/or out of necessity. So, it seems to be by design that the higher classes need to oppress the lower classes, maybe both out of scorn, but some degree of tough love…
Never forget, who put you where you are today. I know that right now, i am writing from Taunton, Massachusetts…
one of the locations of King Philip’s War, 1675-76…named after Metacomet, son of Massasoit…
In this area, we revere Anawan…who was the Wampanoag Chief who was captured, thus ending the war. Philip had already been betrayed and assassinated.
This city is pretty diverse, but never have i seen a Native. It is mostly ‘ white ‘ , Portuguese, black, Asian.
Think about those other cultures who also enslaved their own. It still goes on today all over the world. Black Americans really don’t know how good they actually have it and should probably just stop complaining.
Classism was, and apparently still is the most important thing in the world, …
Appreciate your, place.
Enjoy this day, appreciate nature…just be.
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