Disposability of Natives and Their way of life

The Politics of Disposability
by Henry A. Giroux

With this post I was hoping to look at a concept from a reading much earlier in the semester. The Politics of Disposability, this concept sets a precedent very similar to law. The problem though is that the United States is creating the base for this precedent. The focus of the topic in question though is what to do with the Natives that are present in any country in question?

The reality is the United States successfully wiped out the majority of the indigenous people on this continent. The continuous push for more resources was the contributing factor. We have sense thrived with the plentiful resources available to us. We are a world power and the leader in most aspects around the world.

This is now becoming to the blueprint in how to boost nations positioning as well increase natural resources. This will be looked at when there are decisions needed to be made by nations around the world.

The easiest view for countries is to see the benefits of disposing of an entire people and way of life. Its cheaper and there are only small consequences compared to the large gains from it.



The biggest situation that comes to mind along with the largest remaining population of indigenous people is the tribes from the Amazon. The decreasing size of the jungle and their habitat as well as the increased contact from outsiders. These continued "improvements" or "modernization" of these countries is what is bringing about the downfall of the indigenous culture and population around the world.



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commercialization of indigenous people and the com-modification of everything Native American. From Colleges, Pro Sports, body art, and trinkets. The capitalistic approach to saving American Indians.















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Historical Repetition

History of the constant exploitation of Tribal people around the world. The unfortunate truth is that as long as there have been people with power there have been people without power. Though this is a simple statement it is very true. The easiest people to exploit historically has always been tribal or indigenous people. This probably goes much further back then I will focus on. For the importance of dates though, we will start with Columbus's monumental failure in trying to find India. So in 1492 the beginning of exploitation and destruction of Indigenous people began. This has progressed into the more modern form of exploitation which we are still participating in, in 2010.

The earliest form of exploitation may have only started out as simple survival tactics. Getting food, clothing, lodging. This was only the first step though. It escalated quickly. The realization of resources that were at hand, and the indigenous peoples care free attitude for them. It was a capitalistic approach to racism and exploitation. What better way to introduce the "backwards" people into the modern world. This carried through for all indigenous people that had valuable minerals and resources that were financially prevalent. As time passed though it was no longer the minerals these people had. It became the market ability of the actual people, their culture and their very way of life. The experiences you could have, the odd way they lived. Examples of this exploitation could be observed in the worlds fair with the portrayal of the savages from all around the world put on display like animals in a zoo. This has only progressed further into the exploitation. The selling of rituals, items and beliefs. We are living history and participating in the destruction of these people ourselves.


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