"America—
When you wanted more
you took from them
When you wanted a nation
you took away theirs
When you wanted victory
you sought to defeat them
When you wanted to count bodies
you took their scalps
When you wanted justification
you said they were savages
When you wanted converts
you took away their spirituality
When you wanted land
you took away their homes
When you wanted resources
you took away their livelihood
When you wanted democracy
you took their pattern
When you wanted their reservations
you reduced theirs to 'allotments'
When you wanted annihilation
you sent their children to boarding schools
When you wanted labor
you made their children work
When you wanted to adopt
you took their sons and daughters
When you wanted guinea pigs
you experimented on them
When you wanted to deny history
you invented theories about their origins
When you wanted entertainment
you put them in shows
When you wanted to feint honor
you put their faces on your money
When you wanted mascots
you took their names and images
When you wanted spirituality
you took and cheapened theirs
When you wanted heritage
you claimed their ancestry
When you wanted romance
you undressed them in cheap novels
When you wanted Halloween costumes
you took their clothes
When you wanted sex
you took their daughters
When you wanted souvenirs
you took their sacred objects
When you wanted a national dream
you gave them a nightmare
When you wanted freedom
you took away their freedom
When you wanted easier lives
you made them bear a cross."
*****
Art: "The Cross of American Exceptionalism"
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