Interesting times. Because of a health care connection my wife and I got invited to the Native American Healing Conference in Tucson some years ago. Except for a few people from the federal Indian Health Services, we were the only non-native ... and it was a big gathering of people from all over the country. There were some speeches and then one of the local elders said a few words:
This is our earth we are sprung from it.
We love our black, yellow and white brothers.
But they need go back to the earth they came from.
The blacks need to go back to Africa.
The whites need to go back to Europe.
And the yellow men need to go back to Asia.
Not a particularly comfortable moment as my wife and I looked around, but everyone remained cordial before and after the speech.
