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Re: Shoot me -- PLEASE! -- if I ever do this for money:
Subject:Re: Shoot me -- PLEASE! -- if I ever do this for money: From:Robert Plamondon <robert -at- PLAMONDON -dot- COM> Date:Sat, 10 Jun 1995 13:23:14 PDT
Patrick O'Connell writes:
>I mean, aren't the T-L series repulsive enough by their very nature? And
>what, the First Nation peoples of North America haven't been exploited
>enough already? Must they suffer this further indignity?
I've heard this sentiment before -- that American Indians are essentially
a taboo topic if you don't have Indian ancestry. You aren't allowed
to name your sports team after them, or even write about them. Such
things are "exploitation."
How this code of silence is supposed to benefit American Indians is a
mystery to me.
