Pennacchi lectures me that American democracy is not morally superior. What Mussolini did in Africa, we did to the Indians. What Mussolini did to the Jews, we did to the African-Americans. He barks when I ask hi
In oil-rich Gulf monarchies, fiscal constraints and demographic growth are leading to the exclusion of young citizens from the established social contract
All participants that were below the age of 18 (n = 6) and answered "No" to: "Did you answer this questionnaire truthfully?" (n = 12) or "Were you born in Portugal, having Portuguese citizenship?" (n = 52) were excluded. Of the ana- lyzed responses, 178 were women...
Kearny invited Padre Martínez and his brothers to swear American citizenship, and all freely did so. Shortly afterwards, Martínez moved his printing press from Taos back to Santa Fe where he made it available to the soon-to- become GENERAL Kearny who in turn used it to print his LAW CODE...
Then today, to show it comes from all sides, not just the GOP, I just saw this clip from Loretta Sanchez, Democratic Senate hopeful. She is at an Indian-American fundraiser (like, actual Indians, from India), and is telling some horrible anecdote about her mixing up “Indian-American” ...
As far as Indian goes, I’m pretty sure it’s relatively minor compared to some other offensive racial terms, but it’s still met with disdain compared to Native American or First Nations. After all, that was the name they were given by the people who destroyed so much of their culture...