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In reply to the discussion: "The real question is, does an Indigenous people claim anyone who claims to be one of us?" [View all]violetpastille
(1,483 posts)31. I will never take one of those tests willingly.
Call me paranoid but I sense a trap. This information is going somewhere where it isn't any of it's business.
Whenever anyone asks me "What is your Natiionality?" And we are in America, I tell them I'm an American. "What race, though?" Human. "No, I mean.." You want to know, like. what kind of food I eat? My ethnicity? I'm Californian.
I actually hate those Ancestry commericials.
"Oh, I thought I was German, I went to German Dance School, and spoke German my whole life was centered around my German heritage and now it turns out I'm Scottish. Whoops! Now I'm learning the bagpipes and I made all new Scottish friends!"
I'm like "You aren't Scottish. Scottish people are Scottish. Be an American and just make the best of it."
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"The real question is, does an Indigenous people claim anyone who claims to be one of us?" [View all]
WhiskeyGrinder
Oct 2018
OP
not the point at all. I could care less if any tribal council makes claims on who can be
beachbum bob
Oct 2018
#2
Have you confirmed that percentages don't count in the tribe her grandmother belonged to?
Ms. Toad
Oct 2018
#5
"Trump needs to shut the hell up because unlike his lying ass, Warren's stories may have some
WhiskeyGrinder
Oct 2018
#13
I have always been interested in the "Roanoke Colony" that was left behind by...
kentuck
Oct 2018
#14
The problem is, due to the nature of the claim, resolving it becomes an issue that affects a lot
WhiskeyGrinder
Oct 2018
#16
To what end? Is he convinced? Will he drop it? Will his supporters believe her?
WhiskeyGrinder
Oct 2018
#19
I defer to Dr. Kim TallBear, who specializes in racial politics in science.
WhiskeyGrinder
Oct 2018
#21