"Homeland Security," it reads, over a photo of four armed Indians. "Fighting Terrorists Since 1492."
I'm sure this is getting some yucks in college faculty lounges and among Ward Churchill fans in academia.
But it's not funny. In fact, it's insulting. It's insulting to you, me and should be to every single American. The fact that it is obviously not insulting to every American is the real tragedy behind the "joke."
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So the author doesn't like the t-shirt. Okay, that's his perogative. But don't extrapolate such an absurd argument.
The implication that Natives aren't supportive of the current fight against international terrorism, well...the facts, please. More Indians, as a percentage of the US population, belong to the armed forces than any other ethnic group.
As usual, this guy writes the same old tired rants and misinformation about American Indians and misses the point, and the message the T-shirt is trying to convey. And as usual, he even claims to be part Indian.
I happen to own this T-shirt, which I bought "several years" ago and I still wear it. It's funny how white people never comment on it.
P(r)ecisely why I haven't won a spelling bee since the 7th grade...:)
I got one of these t-shirts as a present a couple of years ago. Search Google for "fighting terrorism since 1492" and you'll find several sources for them.
Well, I'm Comanche & I have one of these shirts as well as one (with Geronimo's image) which reads, "My heroes have always killed cowboys!" I find BOTH a LOT more amusing than the 'REDSKINS' or the 'CHIEFS' or any of the OTHER sports team 'mascots'.
Thanks, Kai--although I do tend to oppose the glorification of violence.
I discussed the subject of cowboys vs. Indians in Adolf Hitler: A True American and Cowboys Fought "Warlike" Indians and Other "Evil Men."
Writafella's spin is too loud to hear any rhetoric. Good luck learning anything that you have not already judged.
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