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09-21-2011, 07:55 PM #11
why is it a non story? if it were a non story we wouldn't be discussing it now
i don't think anybody cared about the Indians life or feelings when their land was taken away from them and given little tiny reservations to live in, and had to live under their own government?
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09-21-2011, 07:56 PM #12
My opinion is that the Cherokee can think anything or do anything (within laws) they want to. WE did push the Cherokee off their homelands of the Souteastern United States.
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09-21-2011, 07:58 PM #13
This is true
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09-21-2011, 07:59 PM #14
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09-21-2011, 09:05 PM #15
I take issue with the double-standard. That was the entire point. If this were a white group excluding people for not being white then people (including you guys) would go nuts over it.
When white people exclude others for not being white, it is racist. When non-whites exclude other non-whites because they are of a different race, it is no big deal. I see that as wrong. Excluding someone because of their race is wrong regardless of the race of the one doing the excluding.
And as far as the Cherokee "doing what they want", this is the real world. Because they were wronged 200 years ago does not excuse wrongdoing now.
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09-21-2011, 09:08 PM #16
why is it a non story? if it were a non story we wouldn't be discussing it now i don't think anybody cared about the Indians life or feelings when their land was taken away from them and given little tiny reservations to live in, and had to live under their own government?
did you know about this story before you came on this message board and clicked on the chit chat forum? That is how it is a non story
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09-21-2011, 09:13 PM #17
Yeah it wasn't even really a story on FoxNews. I was bored at work and reading the small text on the bottom of the webpage and found the link.
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09-21-2011, 09:16 PM #18
how do you say that they are wrong? Native americans were forced into small peices of land called reservations. They also had to start their own government because they were not accepted by white people, black people, mexicans or any other race you can come up with. So if they have their own government and own rules why would they give up the few benefits set aside by their government ( not the US federal Govt) to give to non members, Its like a whole different country. Does china share their secrets and benefits that they have with the US? how about russia, egypt? no they dont. native american land was taken away from them and they were forced to go about their own ways. If it were the native americans that took the land from white people or any other race and they had their own land set aside and own govt and everything else, would it be fair for someone to come in and get the benefits too? Its like robbing someone. If you take their money you can give it back to them, that doesnt mean you owe the whole family for the rest of time. I would agree to giving the former slave the benefits to try to make up for the wrong doing, but not ancestors. The govt give war vets certain benefits, but not all their ancestors down the line, so does this mean the US govt is racist towards any family member of someone who has served in the military?
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09-21-2011, 09:18 PM #19
the point is we are dicussing it now, that makes it a story, you had to find it somewhere, or it wouldnt exist. wouldnt a non story be a story that we dont hear about?
Maybe this is a low profile story because it is not as big as people are trying to make itLast edited by greg271126817; 09-21-2011 at 09:23 PM.
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09-21-2011, 09:28 PM #20
and lets make an example of white people for having black slaves. What do the white people owe the ancestors of their slaves? NOTHING! This is the same thing that Cherokees owe their slaves ancestors.
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