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4.4 AVERAGE
4.4 AVERAGE
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This should be required reading in US schools.
Very much a professional, collegiate like book that outlines the history and injustices as it has occured to the native Americans in the US. Sometimes hard to read, not only because of the writing style but because the truths it told. Pretty quick read as well. Would recommend for anyone looking to expand their knowledge.
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Brutal read, but learned so much.
Very thorough and heartbreaking, this book documents a myriad of incidents where native populations were taken advantage of or slaughtered. It does make one feel helpless in facing the idea of reparations. The author suggests that the solution is to return Indian lands to their first inhabitants, but how is that possible without violating the rights of current property owners, the vast majority of which have never committed acts of violence or theft against anyone, let alone native Americans. To take away their property would be perpetuating human rights violations, not healing them. The author also calls for massive financial reparations and schools specifically teaching Native history and culture. I’m curious as to when enough is enough. There will surely be those who say it’ll never flee alone, which doesn’t present a viable solution.
The author extensively attacks the concepts of private property, capitalism, the 2nd amendment, Christianity (labeling it as “white-supremest) and military enlistment. There are many points where she breezes over nuance which would have made her points easier to listen to. She actually discussed a few of my ancestors, taking their words or actions out of context. For example, look up Hannah Duston. The author simply states that she sold the scalps of Indians. In reality, she and her baby were captured in a raid, and she scalped some of her captors after they had brutally killed her baby and fallen asleep. Perhaps this story was used to justify the killing of Indian non-combatants, but it seems that context was intentionally left out in this case.
The author also argues that colonists intentionally got Indians addicted to alcohol, and that intoxication was to blame for Indian attacks. She paints the native populations as peaceful with one another before the white man showed up. She depicts the celebration of the discovery of America as wicked. She argues that the colonists intentionally committed genocide through exposing native populations to small pox and other diseases.
Overall, this book was extensively informative and detailed. It’s good to know the other side of history. The Marxist arguments are distasteful and detract from the objectivity of the work.
The author extensively attacks the concepts of private property, capitalism, the 2nd amendment, Christianity (labeling it as “white-supremest) and military enlistment. There are many points where she breezes over nuance which would have made her points easier to listen to. She actually discussed a few of my ancestors, taking their words or actions out of context. For example, look up Hannah Duston. The author simply states that she sold the scalps of Indians. In reality, she and her baby were captured in a raid, and she scalped some of her captors after they had brutally killed her baby and fallen asleep. Perhaps this story was used to justify the killing of Indian non-combatants, but it seems that context was intentionally left out in this case.
The author also argues that colonists intentionally got Indians addicted to alcohol, and that intoxication was to blame for Indian attacks. She paints the native populations as peaceful with one another before the white man showed up. She depicts the celebration of the discovery of America as wicked. She argues that the colonists intentionally committed genocide through exposing native populations to small pox and other diseases.
Overall, this book was extensively informative and detailed. It’s good to know the other side of history. The Marxist arguments are distasteful and detract from the objectivity of the work.
challenging
dark
informative
slow-paced
challenging
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emotional
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Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Genocide, Racism, Murder, Colonisation, War
Minor: Child death
This is a brutal look into the treatment of Indigenous Peoples of America from the perspective of those affected.