JC> SB> political prisoners; and I really don't think it's ready to eliminate
  > SB> an entire group of people by killing them off, at least not at this
  > SB> time.  It certainly has tried that in the past (with the Indians).
JC> But I do think it is "policy" to "eliminate by assimilation". Even 
immigran
And I think that policy is not only official, but very well supported by
many whites.  I'm dialoguing with a person in another conference, who is
going to post an essay to me stating his views on "the Indian problem."
I already basically know them, however.  He wants to see the government
stop honoring *all* treaties, eliminate *all* reservations, and simply
have "one law for all people."  He's made enough comments at other times
for me to have gotten the gist of it.  I've gotten enough similar
comments on the various writers and poetry conferences I belong to to
know for certain this idea is fairly popular among many groups right
now; and not just among some of the less educated groups either.  There
are folks who have gotten really angry at me for writing "pro-Indian
rights" messages in the past.  Interestingly ehough, they get most angry
at my poetry.  They are more willing to deal with my prose on the
subject. What is it about poetry that makes them so angry, I wonder.
  > are encouraged to become "Americans" (whatever that means.) Interesting 
sto
  > the other day in the paper about fairly significant numbers of immigrants
  > that technically can be deported if they do not become American citizens 
by
  > a certain date. The part that always amuses me about that is the fact 
hat
  > immigrants need to be able to read and comprehend enough English to take 
an
  > exam that I'm not real sure could be passed by the average American.
I learned an interesting stat yesterday, from a teacher.  Did you know
that one out of every three high school graduates can not pass the GED
the summer after they graduate from high school?  And yet a high school
diploma is held in much greater esteem in this country than the GED.
We're a wierd country.
                        Sondra
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