[ACC25044]

I’ve heard the same lie said about indigenous people worldwide. Yes, there is a serious alcoholism problem among many native peoples. But that problem did not exist until our lands were taken away and our rights to practice our religions and lifestyles severely curtailed or outright banned. Individually, we may be less used to alcohol because it was not part of our lifestyles for other than ritual reasons. But it seems that whites tend to view those of us who have a problem with this drug as somehow more overwhelmed by it than whites themselves are. For the record, there was a study done by the Center for Disease Control in the US only two years ago which concluded native people were the ethnic group LEAST likely to abuse alcohol, with whites the most likely. It would not surprise me at all if the same thing were true of Australia’s aboriginals.

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Name : ACC25044, Race : Mexican and American Indian, City : Phoenix, State : AZ, Country : United States, Occupation : Grad student in history, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, 

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