Cherokees Eject Slave Descendants

"Opponents said the amendment was racist and aimed at preventing those with African-American heritage from gaining tribal revenue and government funding."

Well then, let's look at the flip side ....

"Proponents said the amendment was not racist and aimed at allowing those with ONLY Cherokees heritage to gain tribal revenue and government funding."

Clearly there's nothing that can be construed as being "racist" going on here - LOL!

Or the other flip side:

'Proponents said the amendment was not racist and aimed at allowing those with Cherokee heritage to NOT gain tribal revenue and government funding.'

Not racist at all, is it?

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"I think it's important to always carry enough technology to restart civilization, should it be necessary." Mark Tilden

You got it. Either way you look at it, the entire concept of giving or denying people special consideration because of their race IS by definition being racist!

Ironically, the group that may now be discriminated against the most these days are those who are not designated as being a minority - which means "whites". Hell, where's my tax free status, and why can't I pillage the salmon run for "food" (nudge nudge wink wink)?

Racism is a general human condition, and NO group is immune.

True story:

About 10 years ago I was attending the college in Prince George.

One afternoon I was in the computer lab doing an assignment when a Caucasian woman I knew came in and started being annoying.

It seems she had overheard an East Indian telling someone a joke that offended her (why she was eavesdropping I didn't ask).

This woman being who she was, promptly reported it.

For some strange reason, the fact that she sometimes told jokes that bashed men never entered into her mind.

Here's the punchline:

She was told that the administration couldn't do anything about it because it would appear they were being racist, as the accused was East Indian, and not white.

Which explained why she was in such a pissy and annoying mood that day (Myself, I had to work hard NOT to crack a smile at her sob story).

In a way I thought it was sweet in that a woman who wanted to put the political boots to a man got stopped dead in her tracks.

In another I found it sad that it was the race of the man accused, and not the dubious merits of a frivolous accusation that stopped the matter cold.



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"and the knowledge they fear is a weapon to be used against them"

"The Weapon" - Rush

Good story Deacon.

It is most unfortunate that political correctness dictates that only caucasian males can be racist bigots.

The irony of the Cherokee/black slave story serves as an excellent example that all of the ugly things people can be are not limited to any one particular group.

Notably: "Slaves were held by a number of native American tribes and were freed after the Civil War in 1866."

I wonder if mixed white/Cherokee natives get the boot as well...........

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"When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change."
-Max Planck

Chech that out and get back to us here at Vive!

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"And God said: 'Let there be Satan, so people don't blame everything on me. And let there be lawyers, so people don't blame everything on Satan."

* George Bu