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misanthrope

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11. Yep and that was rationalized by racism as well

Reply to Cryptoad (Reply #6)

Sat Jun 15, 2019, 12:52 AM

Jun 2019

They painted indigenous people as subhuman, as lesser. When the Cherokee played along with white America, emulating their ways in order to gain some degree of leeway from the new overlords, it worked for a while. Then gold was discovered in Cherokee territory and the Trail of Tears emerged.

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