In the book the Wealthy Barber, by David Hilton. A quote that was said in the book made me jump out of my seat. It was mind blowing!
”When the Indians sold Manhattan to the dutch for beads,
worth twenty four dollars,
it seemed like the natives got taken.
But if they had invested that money at eight percent interest,
today their tribe would be worth trillions of dollars.” (p.35)
I chose this quote because it showst that if your patient, then your investment will succeed in the long run. Plus 24$ to a trillion$ is absolutely ridiculous. When reading this quote, I think of what it would be like if the First Nation peolple had a trillion$. Would it change our history with the First Nations? Finally, another thing that caught my eye was the author saying: ”Indian.” Nowadays we don’t use that word, it’s extremely racist.