Does Senator Cantwell Hate The Inuit?
Probably not, but the Inuit who live in Kaktovik have good reason to think that she does. More than anyone else, those native Americans would benefit from drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Many would be able to find jobs with the oil companies, which they need, if they are to have better lives in Kaktovik. A poll shows that a large majority of Kaktovik residents favor drilling in ANWR. But Washington’s junior senator blocked those jobs, and progress for the Inuit of Kaktovik, when she helped kill drilling in ANWR. Why does she favor blocking something so much in the interest of this small, poor native American village? I don’t think that she was motivated by racism, though I would not exclude a related sin, which I call “urban imperialism”. Urban imperialists do not live in rural areas, but are quite willing to set the rules for those who do, and are generally unwilling to listen to the residents of rural areas. Urban imperialists would be enraged if, for instance, the l
