The streets of Gallup, NM were empty this weekend due to the weekend curfew
Dine usually race to the bordertowns for the weekend. But this weekend, the Dine were told to stay at home. There was a weekend curfew that lasted from Friday evening to Monday morning. There were some pictures being passed around of eerie empty streets in Gallup and Farmington. Over the next few days and weeks, we will undoubtedly hear about how much this has affected major bordertown businesses such as Walmart, Sam's Club and other money-makers. We will hear about how much these businesses have loss money due to the Dine not being allowed to go to town. This is the reason bordertown businesses will not shut down their operations for a few days even though more and more people are infecting each other with the virus and some are dying. This has made many of us realize our power as a Dine nation, how much the bordertown businesses depend upon the Dine people for their survival. If the bordertown businesses closed down, the Dine People can probably survive without them. Dine are survivors. I truly believe that. The liquor stores such as Sage Brush Liquor store was also forced by the Governor to close down. Yay! The same is true for the State Championship Basketball Games - our Dine support those valley businesses even though our Dine get discriminated against. *SMH* We need to capitalize on our power and make the bordertown businesses cator to our needs, not the other way around. We need to demand better services, products, and to get rid of the racism, or else we'll boycott them. The curfew may be seen as a sort of boycott on these businesses.
