Literature:
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
The Educate Yourself/Polymath Thread!
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Literature:
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
04-24-2013, 04:53 AM
I was just going to say
Navajo History: "Ran out of Jack Daniel's today. Pale faces would not give me a ride so I had to walk to Walmart. No Jack Daniel's at the Walmart, mouthwash will have to do. Now I try to walk back home to the reservation, but I will probably just pass out along the highway." And yeah, I know why they are the way they are, but I still wish they would begin to actually do something about it. The reservation is a freaking 3rd world country.
04-24-2013, 04:59 AM
The ideas are there, they don't have the funds to do anything about it. Under their current conditions it isn't as simple as just 'doing something about it' and only small steps are taken at a time as a result.
04-24-2013, 05:07 AM
Its not really a money issue though, its a cultural issue. Their whole culture now is basically "Fuck it. Life sucks and then you die, so what is the point of doing anything."
04-24-2013, 05:14 AM
(This post was last modified: 04-24-2013, 05:15 AM by carlcockatoo.)
Well yeah, but that heavily ties in to the money issue. There are no jobs for them and therefore no opportunity for a majority of them. Not to mention that as recent as the 1950s they were still being placed into assimilation schools and taught to hate their own culture, leading to isolation, alcohol dependence etc. as a result. They are completely dependent on what are basically foreigners, and giving them opportunities, encouraging them to do something (opening up the Dine school, opening up Navajo run medical centres, etc.) is coming very slowly because that's all they can do at the moment. It can't just be fixed within a few generations.
In short I acknowledge that recovery is their responsibility but we are at fault for it and I think we owe them severe 'reparations' (doubt that's the word I'm looking for). Edit: I bet brad wants to kill me right now lol.
04-24-2013, 05:37 AM
I feel like if you live in the United States of America there are jobs you could get, and there are opportunities for you. Its up to you to go out and get them. Yeah there aren't jobs on the reservation, but there isn't much of anything on the reservation, so thats not surprising. But there are jobs in Shiprock and jobs in Farmington and any other town in or near the rez. Also if they don't have enough money than the tribal government shouldn't be giving out free i-pads to college bound navajos. They obviously mean well but they're going about it in a dumb way. And from what I've heard from my navajo friends the tribal government is basically retarded about how they spend money, and they refuse to let the federal government help them out with things because that interferes with their "sovereignty".
Also they're setting up Casino's now, which would be a potential source of income for the tribe except that only Navajo's gamble there, so their basically intentionally screwing over their own people. I agree that in the past the US government completely fucked them over, and I understand that they aren't magically better. I realize that the Tribal Government is trying to fix things (even if they're just making things worse), but really I feel like the underlying populous just doesn't want things to get better. I feel like people intentionally stay on the Rez just so they never have to do anything with their lives.
04-24-2013, 05:48 AM
(This post was last modified: 04-24-2013, 05:50 AM by carlcockatoo.)
The towns near, Farmington, etc. are much better than the insular areas (I've never been to the New Mexico part of the reservation but I have been to the Arizona/Utah portions). It's those isolated communities where it's up to 90% unemployment. You get a bunch who join the military (the only real employment choice for many of them) but they become detached and lose any connection to the nation, which I feel is a reason why some are reluctant to do that. OF course they can just leave the reservation but there are large contingents of them who do care and aren't willing to just give up.
Regarding the budget: I disagree with a lot of that; I'll agree. There is some federal funding going in anyway and last week they signed the deal with the federal government regarding disaster relief which includes some permanent changes. The reason they are slow to introduce gambling because it has only been truly successful for a few tribes (granted for those few it worked out quite well). I see your point and I partially agree. Although I don't know if it's fair to say they all just want to be lazy because there are so many different 'types', and with that, I think a lack of unity is another issue. I wish I could go up there and actually talk with leaders but that won't happen.
04-24-2013, 07:06 AM
Speaking of brad wanting to kill me, I remember him giving me shit for wanting to be well educated and have several talents. Why aren't you ridiculing Wolfy, huh? :x
04-24-2013, 11:25 AM
Alright, updated... but now I really need some more sources in other categories.
04-24-2013, 02:32 PM
I won't argue with the rest of what you said but you'll notice I was saying the Casinos are a bad thing because only the Navajos gamble so they're just taking money from their own unemployed people.
Anyway, we should probably return to smartifying ourselves and stuff. |
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