cozyswisher

Hey, so you have plans tonight? Wanna talk white-collar crime allegories and chill?

My (mis)conceptions of what life is like for native peoples comes from my couple of native friends, reading "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" by Sherman Alexie, visiting the rez a couple of times, and going to a multi-day imagineNATIVE film festival. It definitely isn't all alcoholics and poverty, but there's a palpable feeling of "we're still battling colonialism, there's still a struggle."

Edit: I should probably get the title of the book correct

Heh..."roughly"

I just don't understand this sort of authoritarian personality. I mean, what a complete coward, and still, he probably felt/feels fully justified and indignant that he's being slighted in any way. I wouldn't be able to look at myself in the mirror or look anyone in the eye if I were to ever behave that way.

How is it humbling? Also, is there any feeling of obligation to preserve your culture where you come from/live?