Covetsculitvars
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https://www.wcax.com/content/news/Should-Vermont-make-a-formal-apology-and-reparations-for-slavery-507423361.html
I was across the lake in Burlington add overheard this on a local television channel. May I ask what this entails!? My elders reminded me a lot that Vermont kinda led the way in ending slavery movement if I'm correct. I can't beleieve anyone who was an actual slave here back in 1770 are still here seeking reparations. It's hard being Abenaki and having our people shoved onto a plot of chit land.....having our elder homer almost kill himself trying to advocate for our tribe to be recognized on a national level! It makes some in our community cynical when they see 30-40 yrs of folks moving to the area.....starting shit by making demands on the area they have moved into such as .......coming to the state to sell cocaine out of section 8 properties....getting busted and claiming its Vermont racism that got you busted! Or coming to the state to start controversy, misdirected hostility.......all the while allowing folks who are toxic souls to poison a good community by misleading folks with false information. It's hard enough to get decent healthcare, living arrangements, schooling and food up here to start trying to turn Vermont into Ferguson Missouri ......I've seen lots of folks move to Vermont because it's a better way of life than 80% of the rest of the country( depending on what u like, vets no tolls,no billboards, type stuff) then they realize how hard it is to get things going solid for long periods of time up here. If your not making 22.00 an hour in Vermont your dragging ass. It's hard to find these type of pay scales anymore locally. As a Native American I wonder how reparations would look and if these folks trying to push this mindset have any clue what it really entails. I have no input either way as of yet because I'm really naive about the 1770 in Vermont and what things were like. I don't wanna be nasty, I'm just curious how this process works. Or if it should even be talked about or considered with the current state of the Union. I'm always worried folks will come here and try to distract law makers from doing good work that's really needed, like infrastructure, schools....mental health treatment ...........dept of children and families needs a Serious overhaul .....I just worry things like this will take away folks motivations to chase after the more immediate concerns the Area has.
I was across the lake in Burlington add overheard this on a local television channel. May I ask what this entails!? My elders reminded me a lot that Vermont kinda led the way in ending slavery movement if I'm correct. I can't beleieve anyone who was an actual slave here back in 1770 are still here seeking reparations. It's hard being Abenaki and having our people shoved onto a plot of chit land.....having our elder homer almost kill himself trying to advocate for our tribe to be recognized on a national level! It makes some in our community cynical when they see 30-40 yrs of folks moving to the area.....starting shit by making demands on the area they have moved into such as .......coming to the state to sell cocaine out of section 8 properties....getting busted and claiming its Vermont racism that got you busted! Or coming to the state to start controversy, misdirected hostility.......all the while allowing folks who are toxic souls to poison a good community by misleading folks with false information. It's hard enough to get decent healthcare, living arrangements, schooling and food up here to start trying to turn Vermont into Ferguson Missouri ......I've seen lots of folks move to Vermont because it's a better way of life than 80% of the rest of the country( depending on what u like, vets no tolls,no billboards, type stuff) then they realize how hard it is to get things going solid for long periods of time up here. If your not making 22.00 an hour in Vermont your dragging ass. It's hard to find these type of pay scales anymore locally. As a Native American I wonder how reparations would look and if these folks trying to push this mindset have any clue what it really entails. I have no input either way as of yet because I'm really naive about the 1770 in Vermont and what things were like. I don't wanna be nasty, I'm just curious how this process works. Or if it should even be talked about or considered with the current state of the Union. I'm always worried folks will come here and try to distract law makers from doing good work that's really needed, like infrastructure, schools....mental health treatment ...........dept of children and families needs a Serious overhaul .....I just worry things like this will take away folks motivations to chase after the more immediate concerns the Area has.
