Donald Trump is right about one thing: This is our .
America has a great opportunity, and as United States Olympic hockey coach almost 40 years ago, “Great moments are born from great opportunity.”
But before every U.S. citizen can “be proud of this land that we love,” we have to start being honest about America.
Native Americans have : “Treat the earth well: it was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children. We do not inherit the Earth from our Ancestors, we borrow it from our Children.”
Americans could learn a lot from Native Americans, the only true “legal” citizens of the United States. A Native American underscored this point at an anti-illegal immigration protest in Arizona a few years ago.
Next time someone calls another immigrant “,” remind them that America was founded on illegal immigration.
“The pilgrims that came over on the Mayflower were undocumented immigrants,” on The Young Turks. “They did not have any papers. They didn’t ask the permission of the Native Americans to land here. And then they certainly didn’t ask the permission of the Native Americans when they started butchering them. And then moving them onto reservations. And then violating those agreements. And moving them again. And having them die on the road. And then having them die on the reservations. And then having them die in the fields that they used to hunt in and live in.”
If Native Americans had built a wall, America might look a little different. To be clear, the land of our country was by undocumented immigrants. Anyone who is complaining about illegal immigrants needs to stop.
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Related to SDG 16: Peace, justice and strong institutions and SDG 10: Reduced inequalities
