#b3etciam INDIGENOUS
Today was named after a fraudulent fool. History shapes the way society grows and nurtures its children. Sadly, Columbus day created a group of adults who were surprised to learn that Natives still exist and live in concentration camps, better known as reservations. Sorry the balanced side of me needs to make a note that America is named after a fool as well as far as my research has found. Is Amerigo Vespucci really our nations namesake? wait a bunch of white people who immigrated to these lands attempted to steal land from the natives all with SPANISH money try to kick out the SPANISH speaking people? SMH As I become and adult reeling from historical discovery after discovery as I teach the truth to my children I am appalled by the inaccuracies presented during my formative years. how could I pledge allegiance to a lie? well I didn’t pledge allegiance to the history but to the ideals on which this country was founded the core of what I was being taught. like the bible teaching basic morality and integrity the details don’t have to be accurate to get the point across. BUT….AS A MINORITY, my whole life has been dictated by the laws created based on that false history. My reality and outrage are fueled by the lies I was told. While I discover the truth I can no longer be manipulated by the false narrative. I know that minorities are legally placed at a disadvantage. CHANGE THE LAWS it really is that simple. I digress which is why I want to invest in a program to help put my thoughts in order. Speare sounds good. Ha a speare to pierce through the literary fog that is the jumbled mass of words in my mind, the fog of thought blinding me from my articles true purpose. To day is indigenous peoples day not Columbus day. Columbus killed too many and is as deserving of a name das as Hitler in my opinion. Praise to the ancestors and those of the current nations struggling to maintain their culture in this toxic world. I wish that my ancestors hadn’t succumb to the pressure to fit in and separate, but survival is paramount. Their spirits live on through me. I am indigenous. My family is still divided on this matter apparently I can’t be a native American and an African American as if anyone in this country is pure blooded. There are far more mixed race people than pure nations. I am an American because I know that the noble tribes of the federation worked hard to help the settlers create a nation that I live in today. Sadly it is a far cry from the ideal but like my high school teacher, Mr. Brunelle, (rest in peace) said something like; ideas and governments are perfect on paper, humans mess them up.