• shalafi@lemmy.world
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    12 days ago

    I honestly don’t get it. For example, I worked for an “Indian” couple one time. Blonde and blue, pale wife, husband a tribe member by marriage. They got all kinds of benefits and government contract opportunities. Just how much genetic drift will we accept before we say “not Indian”? That’s a real question.

    But in any case, in Oklahoma for my first 30-years I never met a single person even claiming Indian blood. You seem to have a hard time believing that. I can’t even think of someone saying, “I know this Indian guy…”

    Dad had cause to believe we had a black relative in the past. Am I black? I’d be laughed out of any given room if I claimed such. So, draw the line.

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      12 days ago

      You’re basing the entire native American population on your tiny sample size, you racist fuck. pull your head out your ass.

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        10 days ago

        I’m stating my experiences, and oh boy are you mad about it.

        “Despite being from Oklahoma, I’ve never known an American Indian.”

        “Racist filth!!!”

        I suspect you’re like the girl I ran into on Bluesky claiming to trace her Indian heritage back over 800 years.

        “How can trace that back to people who didn’t have a writing system? Most remaining royalty on the planet gets real fuzzy over that time span.”

        You’re one of those blond, blue 1/256th “Indians” aren’t you? No other way to explain your anger at such a simple conversation.

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          10 days ago

          I don’t have a drop of Indian blood in me as far as I know. I’m calling you a racist for trying to act like people with a lot of Indian blood can’t still look white.