Just read that the Richmond District was originally a village that belonged to the Ohlone tribe. They were displaced by the Spanish. The spaniards literally told them they couldn’t live where they had always lived, and kicked them out.
That the Richmond is named after some immigrant Australian rich art dealer, who called his mansion here The Richmond House after his home village in Australia.
That the legal name of the Richmond was: Park Presidio District but people kept calling it the Richmond, so the name remained and eventually they made the official change to The Richmond District, just a few years ago.
Also learned that most of the Richmond streets, are named after explorers, mayors, attorneys, basically wealthy white men. Not even Semantically there is a connection the original tribe. They took over the land and by renaming it after themselves, also managed to displace the natives, for our memories.
Well, there is nothing romantic about The Richmond district, in terms of the history, I will have to sit on this one for a while, and see how this new knowledge might impact the series...
I find it interesting, yesterday, while taking care of the plants in the balcony, I saw a mass of people in bikes, protesting ICE...from time to time, one would yell: Fuck Ice!.... right in front of me! right on the same village that once belonged to the natives, and was displaced by other white man.
How many of them are aware of this?
This knowledge I think lives deep in the collective subconscious, like an invisible weight. On the surface, they are fighting the current events (Trump) and an external enemy (the ilegal immigrant); but deep deep down, they are fighting themselves, for something way, way older, that keeps repeating and resurfacing, no matter how much they protest o try to stop it.
Putting up a sign, yelling “Fuck ICE!”, protesting, then posting it all over social media, making sure the world knows, it relieves some of that weight.
Wealthy, greedy white men are 'the ice', Trump is the physical manifestation of all of them. They raped the natives of America with their cold capitalist system, "get rich, then richer" ejaculating their cold sperm all over the land, out of pure ego, rather than love. They managed to make money and accumulating wealth became the only accepted way of living. The indigenous way, a connection to the land and the cosmos was dismissed as unnecessary, when, in truth, it is the opposite. This is "THE ICE" that has been falling on America for centuries.
Also learned that most of the Richmond streets, are named after explorers, mayors, attorneys, basically wealthy white men. Not even Semantically there is a connection the original tribe. They took over the land and by renaming it after themselves, also managed to displace the natives, for our memories.
Well, there is nothing romantic about The Richmond district, in terms of the history, I will have to sit on this one for a while, and see how this new knowledge might impact the series...
I find it interesting, yesterday, while taking care of the plants in the balcony, I saw a mass of people in bikes, protesting ICE...from time to time, one would yell: Fuck Ice!.... right in front of me! right on the same village that once belonged to the natives, and was displaced by other white man.
How many of them are aware of this?
This knowledge I think lives deep in the collective subconscious, like an invisible weight. On the surface, they are fighting the current events (Trump) and an external enemy (the ilegal immigrant); but deep deep down, they are fighting themselves, for something way, way older, that keeps repeating and resurfacing, no matter how much they protest o try to stop it.
Putting up a sign, yelling “Fuck ICE!”, protesting, then posting it all over social media, making sure the world knows, it relieves some of that weight.
Wealthy, greedy white men are 'the ice', Trump is the physical manifestation of all of them. They raped the natives of America with their cold capitalist system, "get rich, then richer" ejaculating their cold sperm all over the land, out of pure ego, rather than love. They managed to make money and accumulating wealth became the only accepted way of living. The indigenous way, a connection to the land and the cosmos was dismissed as unnecessary, when, in truth, it is the opposite. This is "THE ICE" that has been falling on America for centuries.
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