Ivan F. Star Comes Out
Actually believing that racism in Rapid City had been put to rest
By Ivan F. Star Comes Out I had a particularly difficult time writing this week’s article. I had to “sit a spell” to clear my mind in order to maintain decency and intellect in my article. I found that my current resentment toward white people in general comes from the fact that I had allowed myself to actually believe that racism had been put to rest here in South Dakota. The recent court dismissal of the alcohol-related incident during a hockey game at the Rapid City Civic Center is mind-boggling. An intoxicated white man had spilled beer on some Lakota children and then expressed his true feeling by taunting the elementary students and their chaperones with a racially charged epitaph, “go back to the reservation.” I believe he challenged a chaperone to a fight also. Visit the all new Native Sun News website to read the full story: Actually believing that racism in Rapid City had been put to rest (Ivan F. Star Comes Out, POB 147, Oglala, SD 57764; (605) 867-2448; mato_nasula2@outlook.com) Copyright permission Native Sun News
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