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posted by martyb on Sunday October 10 2021, @06:16PM   Printer-friendly

[Ed note: In observance of the US federal holiday which is observed on Monday October 11, 2021, I am inviting the editorial staff to run stories on a weekend schedule tomorrow. Please join me in thanking them for all their hard work and for the sacrifice of their spare time and energy! --martyb.]

Biden becomes first president to issue proclamation marking Indigenous Peoples' Day:

President Joe Biden issued a proclamation commemorating Indigenous Peoples' Day on Friday, becoming the first US president to do so, the White House said.

"The contributions that Indigenous peoples have made throughout history — in public service, entrepreneurship, scholarship, the arts, and countless other fields — are integral to our Nation, our culture, and our society," Biden wrote in the proclamation Friday. "Today, we acknowledge the significant sacrifices made by Native peoples to this country — and recognize their many ongoing contributions to our Nation."

Biden also marked a change of course from previous administrations in his proclamation marking Columbus Day, which honors the explorer Christopher Columbus. In that proclamation, the President acknowledged the death and destruction wrought on native communities after Columbus journeyed to North America in the late 1500s, ushering in an age of European exploration of the Western Hemisphere.

"Today, we also acknowledge the painful history of wrongs and atrocities that many European explorers inflicted on Tribal Nations and Indigenous communities. It is a measure of our greatness as a Nation that we do not seek to bury these shameful episodes of our past — that we face them honestly, we bring them to the light, and we do all we can to address them," Biden wrote.

More than 100 cities -- including Seattle, Los Angeles, Denver, Phoenix, San Francisco -- and a number of states -- including Minnesota, Alaska, Vermont and Oregon -- have replaced Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples' Day, choosing instead to recognize the native populations that were displaced and decimated after Columbus and other European explorers reached the continent. Berkeley, California, was the first city to adopt Indigenous Peoples' Day, in 1992.

Also at Al Jazeera.


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  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 11 2021, @04:55PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 11 2021, @04:55PM (#1186197)

    And I'll just inherit this nice big house that I earned while you keep renting a shack for 50% of your wages. That's only fair.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 11 2021, @09:18PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 11 2021, @09:18PM (#1186289)

    It takes 1 to 2 generations for dirt poor, non-white immigrants to make it to the upper middle class. Those who are poor for generations are mainly poor due to their culture and upbringing that they then pass on to their kids who repeat the cycle. Never before in history has there been so many free resources for you to use to make your life better. That they so often go unused is 'your' fault, not mine.

    How many of those poor families grabbed old clothing, manually sewn them into masks, and bootstrapped themselves into something better? I know one family of immigrants who did just that and ended up going from something like 17k a year to 30k. Almost doubling their incoming while being able to work at home sitting in front of the TV. Still poor by many standards, but they certainly feel rich now.

    Rundown shacks go for cheap and you can rebuild them from the inside out while living there or out of your car or in a tent. Then resell for 500% markup and repeat. How many poor bother to do that? Learning to do so isn't difficult. There are always new shacks being put on the market.

    • (Score: 2) by SunTzuWarmaster on Wednesday October 13 2021, @02:28PM

      by SunTzuWarmaster (3971) on Wednesday October 13 2021, @02:28PM (#1186654)

      Pretty much. Look at basically any immigrant population in the US. "Ha ha ha, Indian people own all the gas stations, ha ha ha, Apu. Simpsons". Like - I know a few Indian people that moved to the country with nothing, got a big loan on a gas station property, and now own/operate three mostly-restored gas stations for $200K/year net income. Their kids went to college while ignoring the "student debt crisis".

      The Patels did so with the motel industry.

      The Korean people did so with dry cleaners.

      The list goes on.