Looking at history in general, Anglo Saxon a appear to be the race which feels the need to conquer others. Anglo's frequently use charm, lies and baffle with very odd quotes. They like to feel superior over others. They are very paganistic and shroud themselves in secrecy from others. They spread highly malicious gossip and accuse their imagined enemies with heinous crimes.

No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President

“‘We the people’ has never meant ‘all the people,’” said Independent presidential candidate Mark Charles, a member of the Navajo Nation, at the first-ever Native American presidential forum, held August 19 and 20 in Sioux City, Iowa.

If you actually read American history and the colonization of this land, you will see Americans and the Indians got along fabulously until over 50 years of our colonization. One of the big obstacles to Americans fighting Indians was the white culture and us not wanting to torture people during war. We were not against the Indians having warring factions however we were against torture. If you get your facts straight, maybe you will learn to understand about this country. We are far from perfect but show me where communism or socialism has worked? Cite one example where communism or socialism has worked! One more time, show me were communism or socialism has worked.

As a black woman, this is how I see it.

I do not have the perspective on the Native American experience, not having walked in their shoes.

Now, the past often frames the present. The place of African Americans as substandard and property lasted from the 1600s to nearly the 1900s, or three centuries. That was followed by further INSTITUTIONAL unequal status through Jim Crow laws that lasted until 1960. That means that since the 1600s there has only been a little over half a century, or only two generations, that the INSTITUTIONAL law has not been that African Americans should be treated as inferiors.


The mind is powerful and basic values get passed down through generations. To me, this means that a very longstanding NATIONAL negative and inferior perception of African Americans has been enforced for 360 years compared to the only 60 since institutional inferior status has stopped being DIRECTLY enforced.

However, the consequences of that many years of having institutional second class status has not been anything good, and implicit bias tests have shown time and time again that the NATIONAL perspective of African Americans has not fared much better.

Add to that the way the educational system and the media 'represent' African Americans, and you generally have a bias that impacts all areas of the African American life, especially AA males. This is a bias I feel colors decisions with employment, justice, healthcare and many other areas of life.

In contrast, I don't personally feel the education system or media much represents Native Americans at all, so I would be surprised to see the same blatant negative bias existing for them, although it is quite possible it does.

I would be surprised if people clutch their purse around a native american, or if officers assume a threat when encountering a native american the way they would an african american male. The history does speak for itself. Today, we have laws that dont allow for the same blatant discrimination as before, but there is enough discretion that people can find many other reasons to hide behind when their actions and choices are colored by race.


I do not like to compare trauma or tragedy. I can only give my perspective as an African American female.