「黃家駒 Wong Ka Kui」(old account, migrated to Piefed)@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-21 month ago"Indian American" and "American Indian" are terms that is probably gonna confuse a lot of people.message-squaremessage-square18linkfedilinkarrow-up156arrow-down15
arrow-up151arrow-down1message-square"Indian American" and "American Indian" are terms that is probably gonna confuse a lot of people.「黃家駒 Wong Ka Kui」(old account, migrated to Piefed)@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-21 month agomessage-square18linkfedilink
minus-squareSchwim Dandy@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·1 month agoIsn’t it supposed to be “native American” now?
minus-squareNurse_Robot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up21·1 month agoIt’s complicated. Best practice is to ask for individual preference or use the specific tribe
minus-squareotacon239@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·1 month agoThis video dives into this topic particularly well. It’s still best to ask their individual preference, but this gave me some perspective I didn’t have before: https://youtu.be/kh88fVP2FWQ
minus-square「黃家駒 Wong Ka Kui」(old account, migrated to Piefed)@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 month agoFunny how he mentioned a “In this series, we’ll use this term”… then… a few decades later Where is the series on Native Americans American Indians?
minus-squareotacon239@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agoThat was also like half the YouTube comments lol. I noticed it too.
minus-squareAgrivar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoHuh, TIL! Thanks for sharing the link - I love CGP but somehow never saw that particular video.
minus-square「黃家駒 Wong Ka Kui」(old account, migrated to Piefed)@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down4·1 month agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bureau_of_Indian_Affairs It’s not called the Bureau of Native American Affairs
minus-squareSchwim Dandy@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 month agoIt’s also not called the Bureau of American Indian Affairs.
Isn’t it supposed to be “native American” now?
It’s complicated. Best practice is to ask for individual preference or use the specific tribe
This video dives into this topic particularly well. It’s still best to ask their individual preference, but this gave me some perspective I didn’t have before: https://youtu.be/kh88fVP2FWQ
Funny how he mentioned a “In this series, we’ll use this term”… then…
a few decades later
Where is the series on
Native AmericansAmerican Indians?That was also like half the YouTube comments lol. I noticed it too.
Huh, TIL! Thanks for sharing the link - I love CGP but somehow never saw that particular video.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bureau_of_Indian_Affairs
It’s not called the Bureau of Native American Affairs
It’s also not called the Bureau of American Indian Affairs.
Now do NAACP and UNCF.
It should be.