From A Native Daughter By Haunani-Kaay Trask Analysis

White vs. Native Americans

Knowing the fact that Native Americans were pushed toward the Middle West and had to settle down against their wills are depressing. When the first Europeans came to this remote land and decided to make it their home, I was not sure whether they could imagine that the whole land is dominated by “invaders” called by the Native Americans, including the native Hawaii. “From a Native Daughter” by Haunani-Kay Trask showed us how these Natives’ feelings are being overlooked and silenced by white historians who do not know their language and culture. The author questioned Western historians were “looking at them with Western eyes, thinking about them within Western philosophical contexts, categorizing them by Western indices,

This year alone, in Chicago almost 80 percent of the people killed have been black. In Baltimore the figure is 216 black people versus 11 white, in Philadelphia 200 black people versus 44 white. Although it’s troublesome that most are killed by other black people, it is disturbing to think that the innocent blacks are killed by armed officers, especially the white officers. The “Black Lives Matter” (BLM) movement is taking actions to campaign against violence toward black people. Founder Alicia Garza said BLM is recognizing that “Black people are deprived of our basic human rights and dignity. It is an acknowledgement Black poverty and genocide is state violence. It is an acknowledgment that 1 million Black people are locked in cages in this country–one half of all people in prisons or jails–is an act of state violence. It is an acknowledgment that Black women continue to bear the burden of a relentless assault on our children and our families and that assault is an act of state violence.” Undeniably, the black people have many more struggles in their lives compared to their white peers. It is a historical problem as well as a serious social issue. It is disheartening to read “Katrina, Black Women, and the deadly discourse on black poverty in American” by Barbara Ransby. The Katrina hit most poor people who had to be left with nothing including their dignity. If we believe they are created equal, how could we react to their inequity with ignorance? The racism divides people and is seen as insolence or treachery in these days. Although society has become more civilized and does not tolerate expressions of bigotry, and public discourse on race is far less vicious and malevolent than it once was, we may become color-blind and denial of being racist, presumably because the word is stained with shame. Stereotyping of being incompetent, poor and less educated for the black is still running