tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post193772088289406774..comments2024-03-22T10:49:51.766-05:00Comments on Horizons: Enshrining the rights of mother earthNancy LeTourneauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12614317154146836694noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-12192414285769554312012-01-15T18:43:13.408-06:002012-01-15T18:43:13.408-06:00The privileged "left," i.e., educated wh...The privileged "left," i.e., educated white progressives, aren't interested in any questions the answers to which they don't already know.Billhttp://freeandeasywandering.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-17987072153619258382012-01-15T18:33:15.500-06:002012-01-15T18:33:15.500-06:00Bill,
I get really frustrated at the lack of inte...Bill,<br /><br />I get really frustrated at the lack of interest from the left in this country about what is happening in South America. There is SO much we could learn!Nancy LeTourneauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12614317154146836694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-56705631445461891422012-01-15T18:29:16.012-06:002012-01-15T18:29:16.012-06:00Also, if you haven't read Vine Deloria's G...Also, if you haven't read Vine Deloria's God is Red, I'll buy you a copy myself.Billhttp://freeandeasywandering.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-21346058827725938052012-01-15T18:26:02.132-06:002012-01-15T18:26:02.132-06:00I am thrilled that you are following this, though ...I am thrilled that you are following this, though not surprised by it, as you strike me as someone who is really interested in being human.<br /><br />One of the things I do from time to time is look at what has happened among indigenous South Americans in the last decade or so. Since 1994 maybe, with the Zapatistas. People are not so much taking back the land but their proper relationship to it and their being in it. This is the most important thing that can happen for us as people. I am convinced that all would be well if we truly righted our relationship with the land. I know in my case that when I am able to just sit with the land where I live and let myself be with it, I learn a lot.<br /><br />I suppose this means two things for us in the United States. First, us settlers--meaning, basically, white people, because Black Americans neither abandoned the spirits of their ancestors nor were abandoned by them--need to get right socially, politically, and economically with indigenous people here. I'd include Black Americans in that, too, because of how the whole 500 year process has gone down. Yes, I think a serious reparations program is in order, and a well-executed one with real rebuilding in mind. Second, we need to quit capitalism. Just have to stop. It's killing us, if very slowly.Billhttp://freeandeasywandering.com/noreply@blogger.com