Lana Del Rey's 'Ride' Video: 'I Believe In The Country America Used To Be': "The history of this nation has treated Native Americans with disdain starting with many broken treaties in order to take away their land, destroying many of the cultural beliefs and traditions in order to "civilize them" for white Americans that the image of Lana Del Rey wearing a ceremonial headdress is equivalent of any Christian, Jewish or Muslim religious symbol. It's not a question of which one is more sacred as you put it but what it represents to the people who've seen it abused at sporting events and other venues by non Native Americans based on pure arrogance, lack of respect, stupidity and just blatant racism. Where have you seen other races appear as a mascot in sporting events? Are there Jewish rabbis clowning around on basketball courts? Do you see Catholic nuns on the sidelines doing cheers? Do you see fans giving signs of the cross in the stadium while reciting Gregorian chants? But with Native Americans, they are treated as non-people, pets, cartoons. Even the Amish get better respect than Native Americans. Space doesn't allow any further exploration on this topic."
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