tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post1196954222540719868..comments2024-02-10T18:19:36.406-08:00Comments on Newspaper Rock: Black/Red: Related Through HistoryRobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-5565466084055387422011-03-11T07:20:35.351-08:002011-03-11T07:20:35.351-08:00For more on the subject, see:
http://www.hcn.org/...For more on the subject, see:<br /><br />http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.4/an-unusual-miss-navajo<br /><br /><b>An Unusual Miss Navajo</b><br /><br />The arrival of a half-black baby didn't sit well with some in her family, Cody recalls. They warned that she'd be an outcast and a source of shame to her family, never accepted or loved on a reservation where, at least for some, old ideas still held. Classmates tormented her, pushing her to tears, and even some of her uncles echoed the treatment.<br /><br />"It came out when they were drunk," she says. "I remember sitting at the table and Uncle Elmer hitting me on the head with a spoon and calling me a black pig."<br /><br />In the film, recalling how he treated his baby niece, her Uncle Marcus says: "This is what I thought: 'What's this fucking n--- doing here?'"Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-75011094391901237512011-02-24T09:34:07.038-08:002011-02-24T09:34:07.038-08:00This sort of discussion is crazy, really. I mean, ...This sort of discussion is crazy, really. I mean, it reminds me of the San who, when visited by a Japanese anthropologist, considered him "human", as opposed to the whites and blacks. (In pretty much the way a lot of peoples use the term "human" to refer to their own people, not others.)<br /><br />Of course, it's still arbitrary, and really, that Japanese anthropologist was just as related to the man he was interviewing as any other non-African, but appearances (in this case, the epicanthic fold) count, apparently.<br /><br />But really, did the Navajo think straight hair made you Navajo before Columbus? Because a lot of people have straight hair, and a lot of people who don't, use hair products.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-25114190404733447662011-02-23T17:36:37.977-08:002011-02-23T17:36:37.977-08:00I don't think that either side has been given ...I don't think that either side has been given a fair chance to explore both races. On the east coast, mid atlantic states especially.. you were either white or black. No one spoke of any american indian heritage until a resurgence of the late 80's when everyone wanted to be INDIAN...Neither side has really sat down and looked at the similarities that each side has. They both danced in sacred circles, they both honor MOTHER NATURE.. And they both were deceived my a certain group of human beings..Blacks dont like indians and indians dont like blacks.. thats what we were taught and who taught us? The same ones who have come and "CONQUERED" both peoples. We are the two most resilient people in the world.. and we all need to realize that if our skins were peeled back.. we would really look the same. I love/embrace my double identity.. and really dont care if the next person has a problem with it.. Because it would be THEIR problem.<br />Radmilla Cody.. My family loves you and appreciate what you stand for.. and one day.. maybe soon.. both peoples can and will dance in the sacred circle together as one family.. brothers and sisters celebrating life and honoring MOTHER EARTH..Many Blessings to all..<br />p.s. funny how we will accept "Them" more openly than ourselves..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com