Re:You misunderstand what it means to be poor
by Den_VR on Friday November 14, 2025 @01:31PM
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I can’t imagine why anyone would be deliberately misled to believe Cottonwood Day School on the Navajo reservation is not very nice. Oh wait
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Re:You misunderstand what it means to be poor
by renewiltord on Friday November 14, 2025 @01:43PM
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Not American born so there is some obvious thing here that’s not so obvious to me. What’s the ref? Is it a race thing
Re:You misunderstand what it means to be poor
by pkkim on Friday November 14, 2025 @03:08PM
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Not sure exactly how obvious it is to most Americans, but the Navajo reservation is extremely poor by American standards. When I went there, the local roads were all dirt and the houses seemed to have no electricity.
Re:You misunderstand what it means to be poor
by UncleEntity on Friday November 14, 2025 @03:32PM
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I used to have Hopi and Navajo friends and I have no idea what they are referring to.
One thing I can tell you that the whole situation up there is contentious and complicated between the tribes, the states and the feds where one could support any argument as there isn't some standard "Rez Life" one can point at.
I mean, I used to have this one friend who grew up (and still had family) on a part of the reservation which was completely surrounded by the other tribe and her and my other friends (from the other tribe, don't quite remember which was which here) would get into some serious arguments at the bar over the issue where we'd have to separate them before it came to fisticuffs.
Re:You misunderstand what it means to be poor
by reaperducer on Friday November 14, 2025 @01:50PM
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I can’t imagine why anyone would be deliberately misled to believe Cottonwood Day School on the Navajo reservation is not very nice. Oh wait
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