This is about the fact that indigenous people make up a disproportionate amount of the military population
But when talking to people in general, how do you open dialogue with not just indigenous, but also black and Latino/Chicano veterans and younger people trying to join? A lot of people are lured in by poverty, others are looking for discipline or they have strict families who try to force/impose it.
Is there any advice on having these conversations? I believe it’s important to be respectful and mature about it, to not go on lecturing and complaining.
Have you ever seen that one movie “National Bird”? Far from apolitical, unfortunately. It’s about some wistleblowers, documentary style. I believe at least one was under surverillance or had an issue with the FBI. I believe this is how I found out you can’t discuss certain “national security” details even in therapy, and that you can be placed in a mental hospital if needed for OPSEC/NatSec reasons - but I could be wrong, that might be a different movie/documentary