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Date Posted: 06:10:55 03/27/01 Tue
Author: Bill
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Re: "Call to the Nations" Speech
In reply to: cezoram 's message, "Re: "Call to the Nations" Speech" on 18:57:25 03/26/01 Mon

Domesticated Tontos?

I couldn't believe that Grant referred to any Native
Americans as domesticated Tontos. At the very least,
such a comment could be considered an inaccurate
stereotype, and in fact, could easily be considered a
racial slur. I see that Grant did not directly call
anyone at the conference, a domesticated Tonto, but
even to bring up that image seems rather insulting.
In Spanish, 'tonto' means: imbecile. What a lovely
sentiment toward the Native American people!

What about this paragraph?

"I was raised in the 1950's, a time
when the flickering pictures on black and white
television screens depicted my first images of the
Indian people. They were the war-painted,
feather-laden, bow and arrow wielding savages who
lined the crest of hills throughout the American West
as the wagon trains moved through the valleys. Soon
they would swoop down and ravage the heroic settlers
conquering the vast new frontier."

How does such comments help bring the COC church and
the Native Americans together? War-painted? Bow and
arrow wielding savages? What lovely images!!! And do
you notice how Grant referred to the settlers?
Heroic, huh?

The more I read Grant's speech, the more it disturbs
me.

Cezoram

I don't blame the Indians for attacking either. Neither did Grant. In mentioning these things he was simply saying that the American Indian has received a bum rap, a very negative press for as long as he could remember, but that he knew that they weren't really like that.

Failing to mention the stereotyped hollywood image would have left them wondering what he really thought of them. This way they know that despite the fiction he is fully aware of who they really are.

Bill

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Re: "Call to the Nations" Speech -- cezoram, 11:24:17 03/28/01 Wed