With regard to the allies. The United States specifically. We’ve never had a healthy Reckoning with our past. They gave many Nazi scientists amnesty. And the fascist themselves were inspired by our own powerful racists and fascists. Who never felt repercussions who are why we are in the position we are in today.
America has never dealt with our past. It took me way too long to realize we did in fact prosecute a genocide on American Indians. And I’m from the Indian Territories and learned about the Trail of Tears in elementary school. I can’t think of knowing a single Native American in my whole life.
The thing with the Nazi scientists I can let slide, given the times. We knew our next enemy would be Russia and wanted a leg up. It was either take them under our wing or let the Soviets have 'em.
With regard to the allies. The United States specifically. We’ve never had a healthy Reckoning with our past. They gave many Nazi scientists amnesty. And the fascist themselves were inspired by our own powerful racists and fascists. Who never felt repercussions who are why we are in the position we are in today.
America has never dealt with our past. It took me way too long to realize we did in fact prosecute a genocide on American Indians. And I’m from the Indian Territories and learned about the Trail of Tears in elementary school. I can’t think of knowing a single Native American in my whole life.
The thing with the Nazi scientists I can let slide, given the times. We knew our next enemy would be Russia and wanted a leg up. It was either take them under our wing or let the Soviets have 'em.
You’re from Oklahoma and don’t know any natives? How is that even possible?
That’s rather the point. The genocide was very complete.
I grew up in Oklahoma and work in Oklahoma. I know nearly as many natives as I do anyone else.
Where would that be?! You near a reservation? Or are we talking about blonde-haired, blue-eyed “natives”? Because I’ve met plenty of those sorts.
NE Oklahoma, near the Missouri border.
Huh! I’m from Tulsa and mom lived in AR, 6 miles south of the MO border. Surprising!
We have 9 tribes just here in Ottawa county. There’s nothing surprising about it.