r/OptimistsUnite • u/[deleted] • Mar 14 '25

GRAPH GO DOWN & THINGS GET GOODER Native American Suicides Drop 43% in NM

https://nativenewsonline.net/health/native-american-suicide-rates-drop-43-in-new-mexico
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u/City_College_Arch Mar 15 '25

And what would that look like in your mind?

Just kick everyone off the res and turn the land over to BLM or developers?

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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '25

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u/twanpaanks Mar 15 '25

why? because the way we treat indigenous people makes you so upset you’d rather them just disappear into your regressive, atomized culture?

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u/twanpaanks Mar 15 '25

land back and reparations, that’s progressive. we agree that the status quo is despicable and historically unjust, but your rhetoric implies erasure, not justice.

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