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Originally Posted by marilynk  See, you are marginalizing the Indians (on the receiving end of a raw deal? How very compassionate of you)and their treatment for a period far longer than the Blacks. Oh, and let us not forget: After the Civil War? The African-Americans could have chosen to go back to their homeland. The Indians NEVER EVER had that choice because their homeland was taken from them. You speak of what YOU know. I'm speaking of what I know. To this day Indians are still marginalized. They live on reservations in some of the worst conditions imaginable. It's extremely depressing. When was the last time you visited a reservation?
They were far more suppressed than any black man--and still are to this day! How dare you refer to what they have gone through as being on the receiving end of a raw deal?! How dare you. How very disresctful and just down right bigoted of you. |
Listen. You seriously can't brush off one side's objections over language choices when concurrently getting all up in arms over their's.
I don't think that you can start a conversation about how "colored" isn't so bad, and then go ape over a phrase like American Indians receiving a "raw deal" and asserting that it is worthy of great condemnation.
Seriously, you guys, stop. You all believe the same thing. Discrimination is bad. Language choices are important. They reflect a larger meaning.
I think that all anyone is asking here is that you be sensitive to your language choices. That's it.