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182575, you're one stupid ass nigga, you know that???
Posted by PoppaGeorge, Mon Nov-09-15 11:53 PM
The only shit happening here is you constantly moving the goalposts. You can't effectively argue your points, so instead of acknowledging your arguments are shit, you change arguments.

You try to sat that Natives got it good with "... casinos? And land? And holidays?"

And when it's pointed out that, no, not every tribe has casinos, and even those that do are not awash in cash, you change gears.

In case you further doubt this: http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2012/06/23/myth-indian-casino-riches

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Here are the facts:

Not every tribe has a casino. In 2011, NIGC reported out of 566 federally recognized tribes, only 246 tribes operate 460 gaming facilities in 28 states. Thus, 324 tribes (57 percent) have no gaming operations. Indeed, the rural and unpopulated geographic locations of many Native nations discourage gaming.

Not every Indian has a job. As of 2009, Natives experienced unemployment at 13.1 percent—greater than the nation average of 9.2 percent. Many tribes operate gaming facilities primarily to generate employment. The total number of jobs by Indian gambling created nationwide is impressive: 628,000. But up to 75 percent of those jobs go to non-Indian employees. Areas of extremely high unemployment with a high density of Native folk are the exception—80% of gaming employees in North and South Dakota are Indian. But jobs at Indian Casinos are low-paying and lag behind national wages for the same group of workers."

Then you try to claim we were all getting checks from the government when, again, this is not nearly the case. Only tribal members that have leased land to the government get checks and those numbers are fairly few.

In truth, any land owner can lease land to the government or whomever, as was the case in Citronelle, Alabama decades ago when oil was found on many Black landowners properties. The land was leased for a cut of the profits. If you happen to own land where shit like copper, iron, uranium or whatever was found you could lease it to the government or private industry for a cut of the mineral/oil extracted from the ground.

And holidays??? Nigga, there's no such a thing as "Native History Month" and there isn't a single holiday for Natives at all.

Oh, what... you were gonna pull Christopher Columbus day or Thanksgiving out your ass??? Maybe look at the true history of both days and you'll change your tune.



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"Where was the peace when we were getting shot? Where's the peace when we were getting laid out?
Where is the peace when we are in the back of ambulances? Where is the peace then?
They don't want to call for peace then.