The Things I Carry/Carried
Replacement Section V
We are the color red. Not just any red, but the kind you see in flags or so many pints of blood that were sacrificed for others. You mix all the reds together—the light reds and the dark reds too, just to see what will happen, and you come up with a deathly, impoverished, sickly version of the color red, a sort of chaos and oppression of hopelessness and degradation all blended into one, never to be returned to their home, lands, and way of life again. This red, this color we are, it encompasses all the reality of Alcoholism, poverty, corruption laden government, and it holds them tight, keeping them for its own but never changing, never seeking to find a solution but managing a problem. That is what color I am right now.
Questions
1. What have Native Americans themselves done to create awareness on their issues?
2. Are the laws currently in place to protect their rights been effective in anyway?
3. What reparations has the U.S. government given back?
4. How does the gambling industry on Native American reservations effect the culture, local government, and economy?
5. Why is alcoholism so prevalent among Native Americans?
Word, Things, Ideas
1. Poverty: The state of being extremely poor. Native Americans have one of the highest poverty rates in the U.S.
2. Oppression: Unjust treatment. Native Americans struggled with years of unjust treatment from colonizers and their governments
3. Minority: The smallest part. Once great with numbers in America they have been reduced to the smallest part.
4. Trail of Tears: A route where Native American groups were FORCED to migrate west by the U.S. government.
5. Communal: The culture of sharing that exist in Native American culture.
6. Crazy Horse: A Native American Warrior and Activist.
Things Said or Done During Protest
1. "Thanks for the candy"
2. "I like the flyer graphic"
3. Most said they would participate on social media through the hashtag.
4. Explained what human rights issues they were concerned with in the U.S.
5. Ignored me
We are the color red. Not just any red, but the kind you see in flags or so many pints of blood that were sacrificed for others. You mix all the reds together—the light reds and the dark reds too, just to see what will happen, and you come up with a deathly, impoverished, sickly version of the color red, a sort of chaos and oppression of hopelessness and degradation all blended into one, never to be returned to their home, lands, and way of life again. This red, this color we are, it encompasses all the reality of Alcoholism, poverty, corruption laden government, and it holds them tight, keeping them for its own but never changing, never seeking to find a solution but managing a problem. That is what color I am right now.
Questions
1. What have Native Americans themselves done to create awareness on their issues?
2. Are the laws currently in place to protect their rights been effective in anyway?
3. What reparations has the U.S. government given back?
4. How does the gambling industry on Native American reservations effect the culture, local government, and economy?
5. Why is alcoholism so prevalent among Native Americans?
Word, Things, Ideas
1. Poverty: The state of being extremely poor. Native Americans have one of the highest poverty rates in the U.S.
2. Oppression: Unjust treatment. Native Americans struggled with years of unjust treatment from colonizers and their governments
3. Minority: The smallest part. Once great with numbers in America they have been reduced to the smallest part.
4. Trail of Tears: A route where Native American groups were FORCED to migrate west by the U.S. government.
5. Communal: The culture of sharing that exist in Native American culture.
6. Crazy Horse: A Native American Warrior and Activist.
Things Said or Done During Protest
1. "Thanks for the candy"
2. "I like the flyer graphic"
3. Most said they would participate on social media through the hashtag.
4. Explained what human rights issues they were concerned with in the U.S.
5. Ignored me