Indian Casinos
The media & Indian casinos
The big media's new definition of "Indians on the warpath".... CASINOS
I watched a news show some time back which did a segment on the possible opening of a new Indian casino. I could not believe what I heard. It quickly became apparent to me that the media in this country today is a direct descendant of the American media of the 1800's when it addresses a topic relating to American Indians. The big media moguls are most definitely the 'mouth' of the U.S. propaganda machine. In the 1800's, the papers were filled with images and stories of 'bloodthirsty savages' and 'red Indian devils' terrorizing 'innocent' white folks. This is not something I am fabricating, I have researched these old papers, read their jaded articles and seen their shocking 'cartoons' of hideous looking so-called 'red devils'. It is no wonder the common citizens of the time were absolutely terrified of Indian people! Well, in today's times, when Indians make the news, it is often because of a casino. As this national newscast aired its piece on an Indian casino somewhere in the east, it was hard not to notice that it was the Indians who were the 'enemy' threatening to take back their land and 'ruin the neighborhood' with a casino. Oddly similar in spirit to many of the newspaper articles I have read about 'Indians on the warpath' in old 1800's American papers.
If I had a dollar for every time someone asked me if I get money from a casino because I'm an Indian, I'd be a very wealthy man! I am aware that there are a few casinos that do send checks to the people who belong to their nation, but they are definitely in the minority. Most Indians I know do not get checks from an Indian casino. So the silly idea about Indians getting money from a casino appears to have been born of the media's curious tendency to focus on the few that do. Just thought you'd like to know.
- John Two-Hawks
The big media's new definition of "Indians on the warpath".... CASINOS
I watched a news show some time back which did a segment on the possible opening of a new Indian casino. I could not believe what I heard. It quickly became apparent to me that the media in this country today is a direct descendant of the American media of the 1800's when it addresses a topic relating to American Indians. The big media moguls are most definitely the 'mouth' of the U.S. propaganda machine. In the 1800's, the papers were filled with images and stories of 'bloodthirsty savages' and 'red Indian devils' terrorizing 'innocent' white folks. This is not something I am fabricating, I have researched these old papers, read their jaded articles and seen their shocking 'cartoons' of hideous looking so-called 'red devils'. It is no wonder the common citizens of the time were absolutely terrified of Indian people! Well, in today's times, when Indians make the news, it is often because of a casino. As this national newscast aired its piece on an Indian casino somewhere in the east, it was hard not to notice that it was the Indians who were the 'enemy' threatening to take back their land and 'ruin the neighborhood' with a casino. Oddly similar in spirit to many of the newspaper articles I have read about 'Indians on the warpath' in old 1800's American papers.
If I had a dollar for every time someone asked me if I get money from a casino because I'm an Indian, I'd be a very wealthy man! I am aware that there are a few casinos that do send checks to the people who belong to their nation, but they are definitely in the minority. Most Indians I know do not get checks from an Indian casino. So the silly idea about Indians getting money from a casino appears to have been born of the media's curious tendency to focus on the few that do. Just thought you'd like to know.
- John Two-Hawks
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