My parents banned nothing, though the Christian fundamentalists in my tribe held book-and-record burnings every now and again. So, yes, fundamentalist assholes can also be brown-skinned.
Sherman AlexieMy wife was the first romantic partner who understood both American and native parts of me - not so much the positive stuff, but the damage.
Sherman AlexieI don't know what any individual should do about crossing her own borders. I only know that I live a happier, more adventurous life, by crossing borders.
Sherman AlexieI don't think the revisionist historians are accurate. I think their agendas are clouded by selfishness and anger and rage.
Sherman AlexieIt sucks to be poor, and it sucks to feel that you somehow deserve to be poor. You start believing that you're poor because you're stupid and ugly. And then you start believing that you're stupid and ugly because you're Indian. And because you're Indian you start believing you're destined to be poor. It's an ugly circle and there's nothing you can do about it.
Sherman Alexie