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Because of the racial component. I almost forgot. She continued: “I think they are legacies of stereotypes and really portray native peoples in caricatures. It’s part of an American myth that we need to rectify.” Kind of like how George Washington’s mascot portrays colonial people in caricature and UMass promulgates the myth of the Minutemen? Where’s the rectification brigade on that...
...This leaves us wondering why this myth constantly gets recycled. Myths take on a life of their own when they express a deep fear. As long as we hang on to that fear, the myth will haunt us. In this case, we fear our children won't have anything like the nice life we have. Parents worry that their best efforts for their children might not be enough. Despite all those rides to soccer practice, and all those nights checking homework, and all that money spent on college, the real world is simply too competitive and too expensive...
...member of the Navajo nation and the executive director of the Harvard University Native American Program. “I think they are legacies of stereotypes and really portray native peoples in caricatures,” she said. “It’s part of an American myth that we need to rectify...
...Theatre. Although the performance started off shaky—both in narrative and accessibility—as the evening progressed, all its problems were resolved and the last two cantatas proved to be perfectly executed. According to the program, though the four cantatas performed were short sketches of ancient myths, they were also meant to understood as they would be to a baroque artist. While this was a bit of a stretch for the first two cantatas, the parallel between myth and modern life was seamless by the end. The first cantata, “Orph?...
...MYTH: Republicans lost their base. REALITY: The base turned out, they just got beat...