Discrimination and racism in Old western movies
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joekiddlouischama — 2 years ago(July 03, 2023 05:06 AM)
Is it true the indians used to roast white people, women & children included, over fires? I vaguely remember reading something like that.
That would have represented a very small minority of cases, if any. -
joekiddlouischama — 2 years ago(July 03, 2023 04:59 AM)
That might be because they were overwhelmingly violent warlike, to each other most of all.
But the same was true of Europeans, who warred with each other constantly for centuries. In other words, the predominant culture will tend to minimize its own savagery while amplifying that of a subjugated minority. -
LorqVonRay1999 — 1 year ago(July 07, 2024 09:08 PM)
True but Native Americans are treated as somehow peaceful tree loving victims of white colonial oppression.
We minimize what Native Americans did and blame everything on whitey. And, to be clear, Native Americans had no problems attacking other tribes, stealing land, abducting women, forcing them to pregnancy, murdering people without a second thought. Almost every tribe in the Americas was Machiavellian. Long before whitey came along, they were brutal, murderous, savage. -
Foster1486 — 9 months ago(July 01, 2025 10:39 PM)
SO even when the Pilgrims showed up they were and advanced civilization compared to the natives who were Stone Age
AND IT STAYED THAT WAY as we moved throughout the country
The biggest mistake we made was treating them like separate people – How good was the reservation system???
We should have said – WE are here and we will prevail so it would be best for you to comply