Archives for “Discrimination”
Travel has been one of the fastest growing consumer sectors over the last 20 years. Until fairly recently most people in the USA didn’t possess a passport. And this is especially true of indigenous and Indian people in the USA, Canada and Alaska. As a person of mixed indigenous and white blood I never really [...]
The first colonialists to the New World had two important advantages. Although they were vastly outnumbered by the locals they brought two things with them that proved decisive in the fight for land that was to inevitably happen after the initial pretense of friendship passed and settlers arrived looking to appropriate land. These two advantages [...]
There is no doubt that oppression of fat people continues to happen not just in America but elsewhere around the world and in most cases, learning effective weight loss tips is essential. There are countless sad stories about how obese people are being looked down in society; from the classrooms to the gym and even [...]
When people are shopping for fashion items such as designer shoes they are not thinking about the effect that the actual production of the item has had on the environment. Why should they, I hear people ask and this is the way I also used to think. The view that the manufacturing industry is trying [...]
It is hard to imagine today what the old Secwepemc people of Williams Lake would make of North American society today. We have a come long way from the Native American tradition of living in harmony with the land. These days we take from the land everything we can get and more. The nations that [...]
There are Indian tribes scattered all over North America and the challenge for most is to hang on to their heritage while at the same time providing economic opportunity for the younger ones. It is hard to keep the young adults interested in staying as there is so much more opportunity elsewhere and they want [...]
Rosa Parks raised awareness of the need for racial equality on the Montgomery Bus system in Alabama. Her well known act of public disobedience is been widely publicised (see Rosa Park: How I fought for Civil Rights). The question we shall be looking at today is not one of the color of our skin but [...]
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