Thanksgiving
Wow. I honestly have no words to describe what I feel after watching the video of Native American Girls describe what the real reason behind thanksgiving is. I didn't know that, I didn't know that any of that happened. I'm not surprised by my ignorance however, seeing how my education has been formulated to praise American history that focuses on praising the white man. Im devastated when thinking about how Native American history, culture, land is tripped away and made to seem like it never existed, like they were never here. Im distraught to know that I, like most of America celebrate such a despicable holiday out of sheer ignorance. They don't even have thanksgiving in the Dominican Republic but it's a celebration we have adopted due to what we were taught, better yet what we were specifically not taught. I had a friend in High School that is Native American. For her sweet 16, she had it on the reservation in the museum in CT. That was the first experience I ha...
