The first lesson begins in Asia more than 11,500 years ago when there were no human inhabitants on these continents we call North, Central and South America. There were animals and food; but no inhabitants. In Asia, there were hundred of thousand of people, and food was getting thin. So, some very industrious folks plotted a course across the land bridge and entered Alaska. They move across Alaska, and across the low portions of Canada, over time spreading throughout North, Central and South America.
When I look into the eyes of my granddaughter, I see asian background. Her father is as fully Aztec as any modern man I've seen. He, too, looks asian.
People in the United States for the most part are angry about "illegal immigration". I am still frustrated about the illegal immigration by the British, French and Spanish that brought us European Americans here, along with their african slaves. Of course, that was thousand of years after the American Indians had established a nation here. The had a number of nations; tribes, religions, ways of life. They worked together to build a country that suited them. And, for the most part, it worked for them. They minded their own business, they negotiated with other tribes to be sure that each tribe got what it needed to survive. European Americans came to the Americans and decided they knew better what was good for native americans than the native americans knew. Does that sound familiar? This government we've built ... the one we're supposed to control, tell us on a daily basis that it know better than we what is good for us and our family.
The government wants you to believe that immigrants from South of the Border are taking your jobs and your welfare, that they are getting to attend free public schools, and that they drink, are lazy, and use our hospitals without paying.
That's bullshit, for the most part. Mexicans come to the United State to work for better wages because Bill Clinton, George H. W. Bush, and George W. Bush, push programs like NAFTA, which takes the jobs of Mexicans. Those programs are devastating the country of Mexico and we stand around and shout that they can't come here.
Think again. THEY ARE THE NATIVE AMERICANS. THIS IS THEIR COUNTRY. IT DOES NOT BELONG TO EUROPEAN AMERICANS OR AFRICAN AMERICANS.
The Americas belong to the American Indians: The Dakota, Lakoata, Cherokee, Blackfoot, Aztec, Incan, Inuit, and all the others. Get a grip. This land belongs to them. They had it first. WE need to thank them each and every day for allowing us to be here and for sharing the land and their culture with us.
Yes... Some American Indians drink. So do German-Americans and Irish-Americans. Right now, no one is blaming Germans or Irish for what's wrong in their life. Right now, white people and black people want to blame the hispanics for what's wrong with their lives.
I'm giving you this opportunity. Tell me what about the hispanic Native Americans has caused your life to be bad and I will fix it. Anything that you can PROVE a native american has done to hurt you or take something from you, and I'll get it fixed. But, think about it first. I'm going to do some deep research. I've been a Paralegal/Investigator in a law firm for more than 20 years. I will find proof if it exists, so be sure you're putting blame in the right place. If you come to me, and I investigate for you and find out something different than what you're complaining about, I want you to take responsibility for your faults and you shortcomings and make your own life better by not blaming our lacking on another person or race.
Ready to take the challenge? List you gripe in comments.
