Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 14:50:35 -0800 (PST)
From: James Diamond
Subject: Letter to the Editor
This is great to have a disscussion like this. Im a Native and Jewish young ‘Canadian’. It is from my personal sadness in not having any access to either of my heritages that i search for supportive communication about culture and race. I dont see how anybody could ignore the blatant racism that this continent is built and continues to be built on. The year, the holydays, the main language it all whispers white power. We need more venues to express ourselves. I feel pain for all colonized people. yes whites too. They (we) have been away from a humane exsistance (connected to nature) for even longer. Youd have to feel pretty powerless to colonize your women and kill the ones you cant. And once your done with the witches why are you so unsatisfied that you have to wipe out entire populations and move in. NOT VERY CHRISTIAN or is it? I dont know who to believe about world histories. There is some good personal stories here on this computer. Please dont compete for most oppresed categorie. If you have a political goal. dont spend your time dealing with individual squabbles. Trust what you feel is right and go for it. My step sister is black and Jew she is dying at 18. There are no donors for what she needs. There are barely any candidates with her mix in canada. theres a few issues. Why cant they get a donor from isreal? because borders are what makes a country. In this day and age we are defined by what we are not. Please dont forget about Native people i know its hard when we are just barely on the map. Dont say Blacks are at the bottom because its not so black and white.