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In Arizona: After 519 years, Indigenous Knowledge on Trial
By Roberto Dr. Cintli Rodriguez
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Justice. That's a word not normally associated with Arizona. With Sheriff Joe Arpaio and his military tank still on the loose, this will not be changing anytime soon. In Arizona, Arpaio is colorful, but he is actually the least of them.
Just recently, Sen. John McCain decided to blame "illegal aliens" for the state's forest fire outbreaks. Aided and abetted by the media, the senator's irresponsible accusations, after touring the 500,000-acre Wallow fire, set off a contagion of wind-aided hate and fear. This month, two cousins were arrested for setting that fire. They were not aliens of any kind. The senator has issued no retractions.
This is the climate we live in. But it is actually worse. The borderlands are killing fields. That is not accidental or hyperbole, but U.S. policy since the 1990s. It is a policy that has resulted in thousands of deaths; migrants are intentionally funneled to the most dangerous deserts, mountains and rivers. Not just in Arizona, but the full expanse of the border.
So too brutality against detained migrants. It is widespread and not an aberration. The human [...]
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By Roberto Dr. Cintli Rodriguez
Special Length-column
Justice. That's a word not normally associated with Arizona. With Sheriff Joe Arpaio and his military tank still on the loose, this will not be changing anytime soon. In Arizona, Arpaio is colorful, but he is actually the least of them.
Just recently, Sen. John McCain decided to blame "illegal aliens" for the state's forest fire outbreaks. Aided and abetted by the media, the senator's irresponsible accusations, after touring the 500,000-acre Wallow fire, set off a contagion of wind-aided hate and fear. This month, two cousins were arrested for setting that fire. They were not aliens of any kind. The senator has issued no retractions.
This is the climate we live in. But it is actually worse. The borderlands are killing fields. That is not accidental or hyperbole, but U.S. policy since the 1990s. It is a policy that has resulted in thousands of deaths; migrants are intentionally funneled to the most dangerous deserts, mountains and rivers. Not just in Arizona, but the full expanse of the border.
So too brutality against detained migrants. It is widespread and not an aberration. The human [...]
Submit your suggestion / comments / complaints on lookyp.com@gmail.com
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