[MrsEmmaPeel]

I once had a discussion with Cherokee Tribe member. Everything was the White Man's fault. The blacks, in her opinion, deserved no special attention, but rather scorn. (She never did quantify, but I rather suspected it was to do with precedence. Cherokees and other Indian nations were first, therefore, if there is any money to be had, they are to get it first, not the blacks.)

So she quoted alarming statistics about alcoholism, unemployment, drug use, etc, etc among the Cherokee Tribe, with the expectation that someone would have to pay. I simply said: "Casinos."

She was stunned, and I repeated. "Indian nations are allowed to have casinos, generally in areas where gambling is forbidden. What happens to all that revenue?"

She hemmed and hawed - -and was extremely uncomfortable. In the end, she conceded that it was up to the tribal elders to disperse the profits from the casinos.

So I said to her: "It sounds to me that you want the white man to stamp out the corruption amongst your own tribal elders."

Pitting one group against another with the mantra: "you have to pay; it's your fault that I'm the way I am" will never create success or wealth.

[DoodleDawg]

The blacks, in her opinion, deserved no special attention, but rather scorn. (She never did quantify, but I rather suspected it was to do with precedence. Cherokees and other Indian nations were first, therefore, if there is any money to be had, they are to get it first, not the blacks.)

Or maybe it was because that since a number of Cherokee were slave owners then they'd be on the hook for reparations as well?