' Being an American Indian myself, (Cherokee) and seeing, knowing, and hearing what my family was put through, I would say that you are full of crap, and haven't a clue what your talking about." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Today we hear people complaining.. An Irishman says, "My ancestors were treated badly, made to do menial labor only."
Some black folks say."My ancestors, were slaves over 150 years ago, and we want reparations"..
Then, along comes some Chinese folks, saying.. "When our forefathers were immigrants to the west coast, we were mistreated badly".
Many an American's ancestors came to America as indentured servants..and many died in that servitude.
Thousands of Japanese Americans were dispossessed of their homes and businesses, and made to live in desert camps during WW2..
Going across the "big water".. In Britain, the Romans treated the native Picts terribly, and while in Scotia, they actually built walls to isolate the
people from their own lands and fellow countrymen.
As Roman power faded..The Anglo-Saxons jumped across the channel and subjugated the Britons...
..But the Anglo-Saxons had a wonderful opportunity to scream discrimination, when in 1066, the Normans jumped that same channel, and
dispossessed the Anglo-Saxons of their lands and homes.
So, think for a moment..what do we rightly tell all these "offended" people?
*... We tell them,
For Heaven's sake, GET OVER IT ! ..And that includes many of us who frequent here..having had ancestors who may have been "mistreated" both here and abroad..down through the pages of history !
* Some of those Japanese sent to the desert by the Democrats, were given a small repayment by the Reagan administration.