51 min listen
It's time to face our American Holocaust with Historian Benjamin Madley
FromGrow Big Always
ratings:
Length:
20 minutes
Released:
Sep 19, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
I have to say, after this week’s guest, I’m pretty embarrassed. And if you
live in America, y ou should be, too. While America has pointed the finger
with disgust at the genocides conducted by ISIL, German, and Bosnian
powers— for example— we have yet to come to grips with our own Holocaust:
The several millions of Native American families we slaughtered, enslaved
and tortured in order to occupy and control their land and resources. This
invasion and genocide doesn’t even show up in our culture— from classrooms,
to memorials to even Wikipedia— we don’t even recognize it as a genocide,
even though it meets every criteria. We have isolated ourselves from this
narrative, responsibility and even the remaining Indian populations
themselves, who we’ve cast off into camps far from us.
live in America, y ou should be, too. While America has pointed the finger
with disgust at the genocides conducted by ISIL, German, and Bosnian
powers— for example— we have yet to come to grips with our own Holocaust:
The several millions of Native American families we slaughtered, enslaved
and tortured in order to occupy and control their land and resources. This
invasion and genocide doesn’t even show up in our culture— from classrooms,
to memorials to even Wikipedia— we don’t even recognize it as a genocide,
even though it meets every criteria. We have isolated ourselves from this
narrative, responsibility and even the remaining Indian populations
themselves, who we’ve cast off into camps far from us.
Released:
Sep 19, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (52)
What midlife couples want with author Jenna McCarthy: What midlife couple want with author Jenna McCarthy by Grow Big Always