Tamaroa,
You're 100% percent accurate and will get no argument from me about mistreatments of natives of any lands, and especially about the despicable initial treatment of The American Indian by European settlers.
The only one thing I might add is a later and sort-of political hypocrisy about that era, as to Supremacy and National Aparthieds.
In last century America perpetually got on South Africa's case for being Supremacist and Aparthied, even though both USA & SA were pretty-much established around the same time.
The hypocrisy of it all comes in regarding approx. current native populations.
Initially America had about 40 million American Indians, and now there are about ONLY about 1 million left.
Initially South Africa had about 1 million Native Blacks, and now there are about 40 million MORE Native Black South Africans.
That being so, Tam..., which nation do you think ACTUALLY treated their original native population better???
Remember,..."Numbers don't lie".
Neil
P.S. Glad you came back to Patfiles to discuss things once again.
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