Wednesday, July 04, 2012
Celebration of Domination
As Steven Newcomb notes at Indian Country Today, the Independence Day holiday in the United States is really a celebration of domination. The militaristic theme to the holiday is perhaps so obvious that it is not discussed, but for the nations and peoples who suffered loss of independence and freedom due to that domination, it is a painful reminder of ongoing cruelties based on White Christian Nationalism.
