Discussion About Coronavirus and Casinos Upon Natives and Tribes
Posted by HCN on Tuesday, July 7, 2020
The subject of casinos has always had ethical issues. It fosters gambling, and some believe that gambling has issues especially if taken too far.
The reliance on casinos as a staple and economic hub of a community, hence, has multiple issues.
The story of Irish reliance on the potato crop, for brevity, in the times leading up to the potato famine in the early 1800s, is alluded to, as one dimension to reflect on.
Any, matter, when relied on, when there are broader possibilities in the realm of nature, whether good, bad, or questionable, all or some of these, is an issue right there.
There is an understanding that Natives, tribes, nations, and other joined entities, are faced with a challenge to develop an economic base that is viable, and that casinos may have been a way to do this.
Now that coronavirus and COVID-19 has presented itself, the if-then scenario of what could happen, has happened.
Casinos closed, and ramifications manifest. Money is lost. With money lost, so is access to medical care.
Unfortunately, the equation is somewhat simple.
Statistics of what has happened and is happening, such as the number of individuals that have contracted coronavirus, the loss revenue, and number without work, can be found in multiple locations throughout news sources. This article is not for the purpose of giving rundowns of the numbers that as we know are disheartening.
The purpose is to look to a light, not just Natives, Indians, tribes, nations, and so on, but everyone that lives on this land, a light that is not going to be diminished when a virus strikes in epidemic levels, and casinos are the brunt, instead a light that survives, which is what true light is.
Please allow a comment about the concept 'Black Lives Matter', Native and Indian lives matter, just as everone else. When an elderly woman cannot receive the medical treatment needed, or still lives in squalid conditions that facilitate becoming ill from coronavirus, it is a 'lives matter' issue. It might not be unfair use of force on an African American, or the neglected 1939 ship SS St. Louis in the Holocaust era that eventually had reported it saw the lives of about a quarter of the passengers lost to murder, but the essential core concern, and end result of a life not being considered as significant as someone else, is the same.
The reliance on casinos as a staple and economic hub of a community, hence, has multiple issues.
The story of Irish reliance on the potato crop, for brevity, in the times leading up to the potato famine in the early 1800s, is alluded to, as one dimension to reflect on.
Any, matter, when relied on, when there are broader possibilities in the realm of nature, whether good, bad, or questionable, all or some of these, is an issue right there.
There is an understanding that Natives, tribes, nations, and other joined entities, are faced with a challenge to develop an economic base that is viable, and that casinos may have been a way to do this.
Now that coronavirus and COVID-19 has presented itself, the if-then scenario of what could happen, has happened.
Casinos closed, and ramifications manifest. Money is lost. With money lost, so is access to medical care.
Unfortunately, the equation is somewhat simple.
Statistics of what has happened and is happening, such as the number of individuals that have contracted coronavirus, the loss revenue, and number without work, can be found in multiple locations throughout news sources. This article is not for the purpose of giving rundowns of the numbers that as we know are disheartening.
The purpose is to look to a light, not just Natives, Indians, tribes, nations, and so on, but everyone that lives on this land, a light that is not going to be diminished when a virus strikes in epidemic levels, and casinos are the brunt, instead a light that survives, which is what true light is.
Please allow a comment about the concept 'Black Lives Matter', Native and Indian lives matter, just as everone else. When an elderly woman cannot receive the medical treatment needed, or still lives in squalid conditions that facilitate becoming ill from coronavirus, it is a 'lives matter' issue. It might not be unfair use of force on an African American, or the neglected 1939 ship SS St. Louis in the Holocaust era that eventually had reported it saw the lives of about a quarter of the passengers lost to murder, but the essential core concern, and end result of a life not being considered as significant as someone else, is the same.
