The Holodomor is the genocide/forced starvation which Stalin directed in the Ukraine. 7 million people dead within 2 years of starvation or just straight up murder. I definitely learned about this in school. I never realized I went to such a progressive school in Orange County, California. Go figure.
No, the indigenous people did not die out there, but we sent them to rot in the worst parts of the country... and things are "meh" in the West, with regards to the treatment of Native Americans (although who can forget the famous Gov. Swartzeneggar quote, "We need to make the indians pay their fair share!" Um, holy…
Also, apparently, those abhorrent assfaces were able to adopt that little girl: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adoptive_…
Well, of course, this was a sort of strange appropriation of indigenous children... This eventually lead to the laws we have on the books today that protect children of (recent) Native American ancestry to be adopted outside of the tribe without express permission. I don't know if you remember that case (whatever…
Yeah, I mean, I'm older and I remember specifically that my teachers called it a genocide or a "slaughter" or a "massacre". Hell, my 10th grade history teacher was Native American! I think teachers do try to inform kids... but like I said, most people I know were asleep in history class and couldn't tell you much…
Oh wow! That sounds fascinating. Now I have something to research today!, Thanks acornprincess! xoxo
Well, the great thing is, we have access to incredible parks and monuments which chronicle the history of the Native Americans in pretty much every state. Here in California, when my son was learning about the early Americas... I took him to the missions (talk about a brutal history) and most states have reservations…
Chances are, if you live in America, your house is built on the graves of Native Americans... the privilege of you being here, was paid for in their blood. You are a part of it, sadly... we all are.
I think we can understand it.. I think we need to understand how we are responsible. I took my eldest to Manzanar when he was studying WWII. We toured the battlefields of the Civil War and I made a point to take him to see so many historically significant sites... I think parents can do a better job informing their…
Right, but I mean, didn't you learn about The Trail of Tears in school? I think most people just fell asleep in their US History classes. But we learned about smallpox blankets and broken treaties and that was waaaaay back in the long ago. :)
Of course, we're in California, where the school system sucks, but at least the kids aren't learning that Jesus rode dinosaurs.
I dunno, I have kids and they learned that it was a genocide in their history classes.
Actually, the total casualties from the Vietnam War are 3.8 million. Nothing to sneeze at.. The Holodomor, which no one ever talks about claimed the lives of 7 million... and if you wanna get real, the US genocide of Native Americans claimed 100 million people. Good times.
This was the strangest fall from grace... I mean, was all this because of a fashion faux pas? I mean, he danced with Miley Cyrus... big deal? He didn't rip off Tina Turner's skirt or expose Janet Jackson's barnacle breast during half-time. Did he grope a fan? Probably. Was he a shitty husband? Who knows? What I do…
Well, the more revealed about this story, the hospital was never equipped to handle a VBAC. They only had a level 2 NICU. The doctor offered her a referral to a high risk hospital where they were better equipped to handle a trial of labor for a VBA3C, but it was 20 miles away from her home and she didn't want to make…
I don't think this makes the hospital wrong, just unwilling to take what they see as "unecessary risks" with patients. I have known my share of women (like the woman in this story) Who intended to go VBAC, labored and then had a c-section anyway(which is what happened with this woman, incidentally). If they had tried…
Oh yeah, they do all kinds of miraculous things in the delivery room. My sister had her first son stuck and there was a significant risk of shoulder dysphasia. After multiple hours of pushing, to no avail, she had a c-section. Unfortunately for her and the position of the baby, she had to have the dreaded vertical…
Cool. Crisis averted. She wanted to feel labor.. more power to her and her healthy baby.
Okay, so here is the deal... with a c-section, you've obviously had your uterus cut... so, should you stall in labor, you cannot receive any medication (pitocin) to induce labor as it is intended to soften the uterus.. this can result in uterine rupture and you will possibly die. So, should you go into labor and not…