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re: Has anybody ever polled American Indians about "The Redskins"?
Posted on 10/29/13 at 1:14 pm to ProjectP2294
Posted on 10/29/13 at 1:14 pm to ProjectP2294
Indians (for Native Americans) isn't a racist term, it's just stupid. It doesn't make any sense. It'd be like calling black people Ukrainian. That's why I don't use it.
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Posted on 10/29/13 at 1:18 pm to genro
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Indians (for Native Americans) isn't a racist term, it's just stupid. It doesn't make any sense. It'd be like calling black people Ukrainian. That's why I don't use it.
"According to a 1995 U.S. Census Bureau set of home interviews, most of the respondents with an expressed preference refer to themselves as "American Indians" or simply "Indians"; this term has been adopted by major newspapers and some academic groups..."
Posted on 10/29/13 at 1:20 pm to genro
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It'd be like calling black people Ukrainian.
Except that Columbus didn't mistake Angola for Crimea.
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