Blog post: 4.14

 I really enjoyed reading both I, Rigoberta Menchu and In the language of memory. They gave me as a reader a very clear image of what the indigenous face and how they live. I am aware that indigenous people face much discrimination and cruelty, however, I was never really aware of how drastic it was. I feel as though the cruelties that the natives face are not vocalized as much as they should be. When I think of the news and discrimination I manly thing of those of Africans decent, the Islamic, and Mexicans. However, there are so many groups that face discrimination out there and it bothers me how little we talk or learn about it. I think back on my grade school to all the moments we talked about discrimination and I remember talking about slavery and all the segregation that the African Americans face for at least a week every year, which in no means is a bad thing, however I only remember talking a about the cruelties the indigenous face ones or twice and the only thing that we talked about was the trail of tears. Some mass discriminations I learned out side of class, such as in the 1840's against the Irish immigrants and the Japanese internment camps during WWII. I truly bothers me that these things aren't mentioned much if at all in the education system because I believe that they teach important lessons as well as show that we are not a perfect country and we need to strive for improvement. By hiding of sugar coating these events we being discourteous to those that suffur because of discrimination and hindering the knowledge and  understanding of the future generations.