Andrew Jackson was a cool president. But muh trail of tears

Honestly it was bound to happen, he just decided to do it in one action instead of chipping away at the Native Americans land.

my great-great-grandmother was moved on the trail of tears

funny enough she passed through nevada at the same point my japanese grandparents would be in an internment camp in

just like 90ish years later

not on the trail, of course

just her moving

Honestly all the apologetics don't even make sense it was the age of conquest

ehhh

i have mixed opinions

i don't think as americans, we are afforded the right to be critical of other nations that did what we did

(see the bosnian genocide)

and i don't think we should water it down or remove it from the history books.

i do think we should preserve the culture and heritage as much as we can

I agree with that

have you ever been to a rez?

they're depressing AS FUCK

I've been to a few

I agree with that

You can never expect the government to admit to shit they do wrong

for sure

it just cracks me up when black people talk about slavery

and it's like, your people had a purpose, you were livestock

you weren't considered a pest/nuisance

I am black

good to know, i'm half japanese and native

And glad to have never been live stock

i'm glad i wasn't put in an interment camp

or made to build railroads under mountains

But pretty much every race has experienced slavery at some point in history anyway

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

but i will concede that blacks in america still have it rough

i think natives just evolved to have active camo or something

But we are free today, that's the part I give a fuck about, lol

i guess, it's the small stuff though

@°°° lol maybe

like not being able to use your name on a resume because it sounds too "ethnic"

or having people in a store follow you around

that's just stuff i've seen

@°°° I don't have a very ethnic name but the store thing I relate to, lol

My family is privledged because we used to be related to some Swedish, Danish, and Netherland Kinds like 700 years ago lol