This is a good letter to the Editor in Lafayette, IN
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Afraid of history repeating itself?
As a Native American, I have one thing to say about immigration: “Get over it.†Where does all this fear come from?
Are you afraid that you won’t be allowed to speak your native language anymore? Are you afraid that your children will be taken from your homes and sent to a boarding school and forced to adopt foreign names and learn a new language?
Are you afraid that your property will be taken from you and you will be relocated somewhere that no one would choose to live? Are you afraid that you will be killed if you don’t relocate?
Are you afraid that schools will use you as a mascot and adopt an exaggerated likeness of your image?
Are you afraid that your spiritual beliefs will be considered heathen and forbidden to practice?
Even if these immigrants form a new government, eventually you will become a citizen (we Injuns became citizens 1924) and it probably won’t take you 148 years. I am sure you will have the right to vote (we got that puppy in 1975) in less than 199 years.
I hear all these good folks talking about immigration and how bad that is. I am afraid people will just give themselves ulcers worrying about it. The sensible thing to do is just get over it.
Greg Tucker
Lafayette