Category: American issues

Do you know where your children are?

Source:http://wedrankfromthegardenhose.blogspot.com/ ​ Do you know where your children are? – Public Service Announcement “Do you know where your children are?” is a question used as a public service announcement (PSA) for parents on American television especially during the late 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. Two claims have been made to the origin of the phrase: WKBW-TV news anchor Irv Weinstein circa 1964,[1] and Mel Epstein, […]

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Keep America Beautiful – Crying American Indian (PSA)

On Earth Day, 1971, nonprofit organization Keep America Beautiful launched what the Ad Council would later call one of the “50 greatest commercials of all time.” Dubbed “The Crying Indian,” the one-minute PSA features a Native American man paddling down a junk-infested river, surrounded by smog, pollution, and trash; as he hauls his canoe onto the plastic-infested […]

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“Ku Klux Klan – A Secret History” 

Featured omage: http://www.bluejersey.com/tag/5876/ The Ku Klux Klan /ˈkuː ˈklʌks ˈklæn, ˈkjuː/,[7] commonly called the KKK or simply the Klan, is the name of three distinct movements in the United Statesthat have advocated extremistreactionary positions such as white supremacy, white nationalism, anti-immigration and—especially in later iterations—Nordicism,[8][9] anti-Catholicism[10][11] and antisemitism.[11]Historically, the KKK used terrorism—both physical assault and […]

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“Native American Indians:  Stolen Lands and Broken Treaties” 

Featured image:  http://wizzyschool.com TREATIES MADE, TREATIES BROKEN By HELEN OLIFF |  Kelly wrote that colonization created the condition of poverty on many American Indian reservations today.  Many Americans have misperceptions that poverty should not exist on reservations because Native people’s basic needs are taken care of under treaties. Over 500 treaties were made with American Indian tribes, […]

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