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Issue date: 11/26/02 Section: Opinions
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Peterson suggests we celebrate "the political freedom that defines our country." Is political freedom something to celebrate in the United States? Aren't 280 million of us governed by a two-party system? Are third-party candidates given equal access to public debate? Wasn't a popularly elected candidate robbed of the 2000 election by an institution of nine? Do special interest and corporate dollars wield greater political power than the individual?
Peterson holds that "children need to be taught that peace between [American Indians and Europeans] did not immediately exist." When should they be taught that peace between these cultures prevailed? Was it with the birth of the reservation system? Or was it with the establishment of casinos that blatant racism and inequitable treatment subsided?
Peterson suggests an ideological maturation in the American power elite. Don't those in power continue to exhibit a colonizer mentality? Or don't we believe that the impending war in Iraq is one for oil?
Peterson's perspective is certainly the product of her "amazing life." She should be reminded that this amazing life is hardly a representational one.
Deborah Keisch and Joshua Haringa
Iowa City residents
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