If you've visited the Southwestern United States and stopped at any gas station you'll notice the vast amount of overpriced, fake, Native American souvenirs. Does anyone else see the hypocrisy in this? Here is a people that many of our ancestors victimised and killed to the point of near genocide. And even now the infant mortality rate on reservations is three times higher than the national average. Ask people to help them? "Why the fuck should I do that? They probably don't want help anyway." Ask people if they want a dream catcher or some turquoise jewelry made by some fat lady? "How much?"
Same goes for Hawaii. This is another culture that settlers tried to destroy, but see a chance to give some pale, suburban, douche bag with flip-flops a hard on? Watch them employ some exotic tits with coconuts on them. Show them a sexy, flat belly that has been tanned to perfection waving around in a hula dance. Let them become a sovereign nation? Fuck that!
(Let it be known, I love hula dancers and coconut bras. I, too, am part of our hypocritical culture.)
But then again we've never seen a drunk, white guy wearing a Sombrero. So maybe we do have some couth. Oh, wait...
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