Obama quits Chicago church after long controversy

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But then none can enjoy the freedom in their own country in the land of their ancestors.

This is true of every person in America.

 

[TR345]

The thing that I find unfair about the recompense given to them, at least in this town, is that the reservation isn't a huge chunk of land. It is a small town here, and most people own at least a couple acres, many people own large parcels, and then there is the Rez. which is like a little suburb with houses right next to each other, sidewalks and stuff. They deserve more land, so that they have more room to build and stuff. At the Rez, they play catch on the street, at my house, I play catch in my yard. Something is wrong when the native americans in a community are living more like city people than the foreigners.

Giving them incentives to stay there on their little suburb which has a huge unemployment rate, and it turns into something you would see in the inner city with gangs and drugs/drug money etc.

 

[NeoDevin]

There is nothing preventing them from purchasing more than they are given on the Rez. It is, in the end, their own decision to remain in such conditions. In Canada, we have similar problems with many of the reservations. Most of the natives I've known who were (what I would call) successful in life (ie. no excessive use of drugs and/or alcohol and/or gambling), moved away from the reservations as soon as they could, and never looked back. Due to the gangs/drugs/generally bad influences common on many of the reservations, it is very difficult for a person living there to come out ahead.

 

[TR345]

Also, there is basically no law enforcement there, although they do have their own private security guards. One of the last times I was there, some kids were lighting a car on fire using gasoline.