In These Times

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• • 23 Nov 07
  • 12:59 pm

  Now take Mr. Cosby's comments one step further and apply them to the American Indian. Even with the boom in casino gambling and all that goes along with it, good and bad, the whining continues. Instead of pulling themselves up, using the money to get an education and a decent life, some prefer to wallow in their misery. Don't they realize they first need to quit feeling like the powerless victim in order to move forward? It is no longer 1890 and Wounded Knee is long over. I see this victim mentality every day and I truly sympathize with their history …

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• • 27 Nov 07
  • 11:07 am

  I agree 100% with whattheheck - same background - one of my great grandparents' kids died on the boat on the way over and they dumped the body overboard. They lived in a little tarpaper shack. Half her children died before reaching six months old but the ones that lived were strong - one even lived beyond 100. My great grandpa became a logger for a company that paid his way here (indentured servant) and became an American citizen after learning to speak a very broken English. My great grandma never learned English and wouldn't let it be spoken in her …

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