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Originally posted by Bea.
The true natives who are often treated like 2nd hand citizens
There is an Indian reserve in Bismarck, ND that is nearish my boyfriends house, it literally makes me cry...no-one in todays society in a country like the USA should be living like that and there is no excuse for it whatsoever. People blame them for their situation but the whole thing is ******** and racism in itself.
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Well since we're talking about race, why do so many Americans still call Native Americans and other indigenous people of the Americas "Indian"? Aren't people from India actually "Indian"?
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Originally posted by Bea.
It is still official, not that I necessarily agree with it but it is still how humans are classified.
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Not really. They don't use that system in the American census or other official surveys.
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Originally posted by inspiration4
I want to stress that the One Drop Rule is the reason behind the incessant need of Americans to define what race a person is, and in what proportions. It's now sadly a part of our culture.
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Not everywhere. Most people where I live use looks to define a person's race. If a person is relatively light skinned or tanned and sharp nosed, people here will think you're "white" unless you tell them otherwise. I know siblings who are 1/4 Chinese and 3/4 "white" (mostly European and some Native American) and most people think of them as "white" when they see them. Even when they tell people they have non-Euro ancestry, people don't think it's significant.