‘Commentary’ Archives
The 25th anniversary of Spirit of Phillips
This Spirit of Phillips cartoon is the first done by Dave Moore and Linnea Hadaway which was published in the September issue 1987 of The Alley Newspaper.
“Real Americans Vote” Who are the real Americans?
I saw a yard sign in the Seward Neighborhood, it said, “Real Americans Vote” ”“ no, that is not correct, most real Americans do not vote, most Native Americans do not vote, and they are the “real Americans”. When I tell people I have not voted in over five years, and I”'m proud of it””they are disgusted, shocked, but if I was not a middle-aged white guy, but a Native man, they of course would be much more respectful and understanding of my desire to not participate””now why is that? For anyone to assume that I should participate based on my skin color is arrogant and racist. Minnesota is 98% white, it”'s a white thing, and I get sucked into it and am expected to do certain things because I am white ”“ and when I don”'t, it is like I”'m turning my back to my own kind. Here is the white belief, this place is about us, for us, owned by us, ours to govern, ours to sell, created for us, ours to manage [...]
