Past to Present

I find it quite disheartening that throughout history, there are several instances of brutality, destruction and severe mistreatment towards a particular group whether its based on race, nationality, etc. And this history has followed us into the future....ex. the common bully who harasses someone that they feel is inferior to them. Several individuals and the enactment of the Dawes Act helped the strip the Indians of their culture and the unity they established amongst themselves. Legislators didn't agree with the custom ways of the Indians and wanted them to assimilate to Western ways. So strip them of their land, families, culture and history ????!!! Its mind boggling, that individuals past and present had the the audacity to treat people in such despicable ways.

The Irish Mystique was in interesting tale about different Irish families. It was interesting to see that the common theme amongst families were the arts- music and poetry. It kept the people grounded when times were hard and encouraged them when they had nothing else.