The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 1 year agoA strong leader should have good heads on their shoulders.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up1851arrow-down110
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minus-squareBartsBigBugBag@lemmy.tflinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agohttps://blog.nativehope.org/six-grandfathers-before-it-was-known-as-mount-rushmore
minus-squareflambonkscious@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·1 year agoWow! That’s insane (and really highlights how far my local indigenous people have come, the Maōri people)… What a gross monument Gerard Baker sounds awesome!
minus-squareBartsBigBugBag@lemmy.tflinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoYeah, its a really gross monument to oppression and genocide. It’s tough though, I don’t know how I’d feel about it’s removal, it would be even more damage to those mountains. Wouldn’t be opposed to some cheeky graffiti on it though.
minus-squareflambonkscious@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-21 year agoTry reading the native hope website linked above - it’s a totally different perspective
minus-squarediprount_tomato@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down4·1 year agoMt. Rushmore has literally NOTHING to do with the Maori
minus-squareflambonkscious@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·1 year agoIt was meant as a comparison between two countries approach to their treatment of indigenous peoples, silly. One attempts to pay lip service (NZ), while the other (US) still heavily white washes things
https://blog.nativehope.org/six-grandfathers-before-it-was-known-as-mount-rushmore
Wow! That’s insane (and really highlights how far my local indigenous people have come, the Maōri people)… What a gross monument
Gerard Baker sounds awesome!
Yeah, its a really gross monument to oppression and genocide. It’s tough though, I don’t know how I’d feel about it’s removal, it would be even more damage to those mountains. Wouldn’t be opposed to some cheeky graffiti on it though.
What?
Try reading the native hope website linked above - it’s a totally different perspective
Mt. Rushmore has literally NOTHING to do with the Maori
It was meant as a comparison between two countries approach to their treatment of indigenous peoples, silly.
One attempts to pay lip service (NZ), while the other (US) still heavily white washes things