"White domination is so complete that even American Indian children want to be cowboys. It's as if Jewish children wanted to play Nazis."

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Source: Ward Churchill, M. Annette Jaimes (1992). “Fantasies of the master race: literature, cinema and the colonization of American Indians”, Common Courage Pr

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Ward Churchill

Academic, Activist

Ward Churchill is a Native American activist and author known for his critiques of U.S. foreign policy and advocacy for indigenous rights.

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"It is the collective responsibility of the citizens in a modern state to ensure by all means necessary that its government adheres to the rule of law, not just domestically, but internationally. There are no bystanders. No one is entitled to an 'apolitical' exemption from such obligation. Where default occurs, either by citizens endorsement of official criminality or by the failure of citizens to effectively oppose it, liability is incurred by all"

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