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minus-squareMiles O'Brien@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·6 hours agoLegit every time someone from the US says “indian” and it’s not immediately obvious in context, I ask “do you mean people from India, or Native Americans?”
minus-squareMotoAsh@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·4 hours agoYou’re being voted down, but this is genuinely something a lot (sigh) of Americans heard to distinguish… Is it right? No. Is it accurate? I mean, as accurate as minimalizing multiple entire nations of natives to a single identity is, yes…
minus-squareMotoAsh@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-23 hours agoGenuinely, I don’t know. I would not be surprised at all if one or more sects of actual indians were distinguished via feathers, as well.
minus-squareJoeBigelow@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·3 hours agoI figured I’d take some flack, but c’mon, who wasn’t thinking it. It’s not something I think I have ever said aloud.
minus-squarethermal_shock@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-23 hours agoBeing part cherokee, this is the way.
minus-squarePumpkin Escobar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 hours agoMy Indian (dot) wife and all (most?) of her friends love when I ask this.
Legit every time someone from the US says “indian” and it’s not immediately obvious in context, I ask “do you mean people from India, or Native Americans?”
Dots, or feathers?
You’re being voted down, but this is genuinely something a lot (sigh) of Americans heard to distinguish…
Is it right? No. Is it accurate? I mean, as accurate as minimalizing multiple entire nations of natives to a single identity is, yes…
But it works?
Genuinely, I don’t know. I would not be surprised at all if one or more sects of actual indians were distinguished via feathers, as well.
I figured I’d take some flack, but c’mon, who wasn’t thinking it. It’s not something I think I have ever said aloud.
Being part cherokee, this is the way.
My Indian (dot) wife and all (most?) of her friends love when I ask this.