Prejudice"Are you prejudiced?" asks StapMyVitals. Have you been a victim of prejudice? Are you a columnist for a popular daily newspaper? Don't bang on about how you never judge people on first impressions - no-one will believe you.
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 1 Apr 2010, 12:53)
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We call them Indians because:1) They call themselves Indians, with further sub-groups based on tribe or band, i.e. Dakota, Osage, S'Kallam, Tlingit, etc.
2) Federal law (Title 25 of the U.S. Code) calls them Indians.
I guess we could invent a new word, but that would take too much time. Heck, I joined a new band last October and we still can't agree on a name. Everyone asks, "did you get a name for that fargin' band yet?" "No". So imagine if we had to go around to the 500 plus tribes and get some type of consensus. Then the First Nations people in Canada would get mad. It's just way to easy to call them Indians.
Plus we are great at reusing names: New York, Dover, New Castle, Nova Scotia - oh wait, that's in Canada.
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BrokenCoccyx doesn't mind if you grope on, Wed 7 Apr 2010, 15:01,
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