no indeed, ron. i wouldn't equate "not letting native americans have a casino" as genocide... i would equate the overwhelming disregard that the american government has paid to the indians in this country as genocide. the am. gov. is in violation of hundreds of treaties that would help native peoples out of the despair that they've been relegated to for decades...you are correct that no government official is standing on tribal land holding a gun to an indian head...they do it through economic strangulation, the fostering of alcohol and drug addiction on the res...the lack of economic development in areas surrounding tribal land...the denial of college educations to indian children and teens...not to mention the systemic racism that continues to plague native peoples...there are more passive and legal ways to do it now...they don't need muskets anymore. i remember a recent comedy act from chris rock about how "black people need to stop complaining...we got it pretty good compared to some others...anybody seen an indian family chilling at red lobster on a friday night???" and he has a very valid point buried in that comedy routine...the native population in this country is still so shrouded in mythology that no one sees the real despair in which many native peoples live. that's my point, i guess. alison e. in slc. --- JMDL Digest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > JMDL Digest Saturday, December 28 2002 > Volume 2002 : Number 591 > > Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2002 17:38:03 -0800 From: "RSM" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: native peoples in the US NJC
I hate to weigh in on these political diatribes, but would you really equatedenial of permission to run a casino with genocide? Certainly it could becalled racism or economic oppression. I think that the term "genocide" should be limited to the kind of mass murder, either directly or ndirectly,by a government or sanctioned by a government. I do not believe that I haveseen heard of this happening in my lifetime regarding native Americans. Notto quibble with mistreatment, benign neglect etc. Ron Los Angeles Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com
