“We Indians know about silence. We are not afraid of it. In fact, for us, silence is more powerful than words. Our elders were trained in the ways of silence, and they handed over this knowledge to us. Observe, listen, and then act, they would tell us. That was the manner of living.
With you, it is just the opposite. You learn by talking. You reward the children that talk the most at school. In your parties, you all try to talk at the same time. In your work, you are always having meetings in which everybody interrupts everybody and all talk five, ten or a hundred times. And you call that ‘solving a problem’. When you are in a room and there is silence, you get nervous. You must fill the space with sounds. So you talk compulsorily, even before you know what you are going to say.
White people love to discuss. They don’t even allow the other person to finish a sentence. They always interrupt. For us Indians, this looks like bad manners or even stupidity. If you start talking, I’m not going to interrupt you. I will listen. Maybe I’ll stop listening if I don’t like what you are saying, but I won’t interrupt you.
When you finish speaking, I’ll make up my mind about what you said, but I will not tell you I don’t agree unless it is important. Otherwise, I’ll just keep quiet and I’ll go away. You have told me all I need to know. There is no more to be said. But this is not enough for the majority of white people.
People should regard their words as seeds. They should sow them, and then allow them to grow in silence. Our elders taught us that the earth is always talking to us, but we should keep silent in order to hear her.
Her murder was first labeled as a drowning when they retrived her from the Ohio River, but her car was discovered several blocks away from the Sherman Minton Bridge, with blood inside. When an autopsy was preformed, it was determined that she received several blows to the head before being tossed into the river, her killer was never found. She was only 34 years old.
(This happened on August 5th, 1965)
What a travesty
RACIAL HATRED HAS BEEN ONGOING THROUGHOUT U.S. HISTORY. We must fight back for the rights of every American regardless of the color of their skin.
RACISM MUST BE ENDED, ONCE & FOR ALL.
END THE HATE.
Wow! It’s always something, I never heard of her before. I always try to stay humble and realize and respect those who paved the way before me. So many people suffered. I hope she’s resting easy in the afterlife. ❤❤
Companies in 2023 be like: Let’s recreate the hell that was the East India Company and Company Towns by forcing governments to cede there territory to us so we can neither pay taxes, pay tariffs, and despoil the lands for our gain.
My fucking childhood in one post omg the only thing missing is Star Wars and Disney.
I forgot those damn BLUE CUBE BLOCKS that was meant to “help” with math. It only added pressure when I dropped them and couldn’t find a block to get. the. right. answer!
OMG KID PIX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
How is it possible that we all have the same exact childhood?!
