My husband is a Tennessean and is the least predjudiced person I know. He is a quiet well mannered person that many have mistaken manners
for weakness which is a mistake. Dianne > Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2009 12:19:04 -0400 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: CS> Native American stories--OT > > Good for you Marshall, hopefully there are enuf others like you to > change your states > reputation amongst those of us who came smack up against the other > side. For some reason it seems the negative elements are often the > most visible. > > zoe > > Marshall Dudley wrote: > > zoe w wrote: > >> I am so sorry you had to experience this. In my observations across > >> the country anywhere you go in Tennessee seems to be this way. > >> Please don't judge the rest of our beautiful country by this > >> yardstick. My apologies to any Tennesseeans here who do not fit > >> this pattern, this was my observation based on a cross country bus > >> tour a couple years ago. I simply could not believe how > >> different things are in that state. > > > > I am Tennessean and definitely do not feel that way. In fact I > > research material from a number of different tribes, primarily Hopi > > and Mayan, due to their rich heritage and "stories". I am very > > interested in shamanism of any tribe. I have even attended dancing > > and drumming ceremonies, and tried to go to a sweat lodge, but my wife > > objected. The energies are wonderful. > > > >> There will always be individuals who harbor resentment and > >> animosity, but mostly they will keep it to themselves these days. > >> We can perhaps have some control over how people act in public, but > >> we cannot govern what they think. It would be wonderful if there > >> were some magic pill or elixir that would make this all go away. > >> I have at one time or another lived in just about every area in > >> this land except for the great Northwest. In most of these areas > >> great progress has been made not only towards blacks and indians > >> but other minorities as well. Even so , one will always > >> encounter certain individuals who carry on the old hateful ways. > >> Perhaps in another 500 yrs or so......... Its really seems > >> kind of ridiculous these days when most of us are a > >> conglomeration of many many cultures. It is time to show not > >> tolerance, but acceptance and understanding. > > > > > > > > You may find with the changes coming, that will be changed by 2013. I > > sure hope so. > > > > Marshall > > > > > >> My 2 cents worth. > >> > >> zoe > >> > >> Evans, Antonio F. wrote: > >>> Greetings all, my heritage includes Blackfoot Native Americans from > >>> a reservation at one point in South Carolina, Barbados descendants > >>> after slavery (Maternal side) and Colombian Natives, Panamanian > >>> Natives and Jamaican descendants from South America (Paternal side), > >>> I pass for a small deep brown skin African American male. I was just > >>> in Chattanooga Tennessee and the hate I felt from Caucasian men > >>> young, middle age and elderly was beyond belief in 2009. You could > >>> just feel hate in their stares and blocking our car from the gas > >>> pump. A young Caucasian male would not allow my friend, who is half > >>> Caucasian and African American, he could pass for a 6'2 moroccon > >>> Arab. We needed to fuel the car to head back to Washington DC, after > >>> visiting his Caucasian mother who works in the Alexian retirement > >>> Center in the mountains of Chattanooga, such a beautiful place with > >>> hatefulness all around, did I miss something or should this still be > >>> expected? Pardon my description just painting a mental picture for > >>> you all, I wish CS mixed with DMSO could harmonize this issue with > >>> some of the American family > >>> > >>> A. Evans/ Nanya Nufushu EL > >>> > >>> > >> > > > -- > The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. > > Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org > > To post, address your message to: [email protected] > > Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] > > The Silver List and Off Topic List archives are currently down... > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]> > > _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Trusted email with powerful SPAM protection. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/177141665/direct/01/
