tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35611028.post7444419328567194208..comments2023-08-17T05:44:18.593-04:00Comments on A Truly Elegant Mess: A Turkey Called BrotherhoodUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35611028.post-66901418103097694902008-11-29T08:01:00.000-05:002008-11-29T08:01:00.000-05:00Renee, have you ever read "Lies My Teacher Told Me...Renee, have you ever read "Lies My Teacher Told Me: the white washing of American history"?<BR/><BR/>You would really get into it I think.Dorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13676888930241945753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35611028.post-4126051692936369052008-11-28T23:15:00.000-05:002008-11-28T23:15:00.000-05:00We continue this heroification of the white people...<EM>We continue this heroification of the white people who came here and supposedly built this amazing civilization out of nothing</EM><BR/><BR/>That right there is a very telling statement. The idea that we built something ignores the fact that there were flourishing cultures and civilizations in the Americas long before the first European step foot on this land. We have just devalued Indigenous culture and that is why we cannot recognize that.Reneehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16388113393817266374noreply@blogger.com