Daniel Biskup                                      Approx. 160 words

INTD 105

Djb29@geneseo.edu

10/24/16

Tempest’s piece is an explanation of how her family, and those around her were wronged by the United States government and how they received no compensation or were even recognized for it. From the start of the Cold War the focus of the government was the protection of the American people from the threat of nuclear war. In the early 1950’s through to the early 1960’s, areas of Utah and Nevada desert lands were used for testing. While the government claimed that no one lived near these areas, Tempest’s family and others were living there at the time. In the generations that followed, developing breast cancer became a near certainty for those in Tempest’s family. The US government however refused to recognize they were at fault and took no action towards her family. Her family’s pain reminds me of many wrongdoings of the government towards marginalized groups and how many times nothing is done because they are seen as insignificant.