Drahgonfly t1_j1kkevk wrote
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The proper word for white people to use is indigenous.
sushiisawesome3 t1_j1kn3py wrote
I am Asian so I will refer to them as Native Americans
Drahgonfly t1_j1kn5jt wrote
No you will refer to them as indigenous as well unless they tell you different. š¤”
OakintheMist42 t1_j1ks5le wrote
And you will refer to white people as Anglo or Caucasian, unless they tell you otherwise.
Do you see how pompous that sounds? Native American isn't even derogatory. Are you one of those people that refer to us Mexicans as Latin-x also
Drahgonfly t1_j1ks79q wrote
Iām indigenous. I wonāt refer to them as anything other than settlers.
OakintheMist42 t1_j1ksu4d wrote
Lol call them what you want, who cares
Drahgonfly t1_j1ktgoz wrote
No
Dunesday_JK t1_j1ky05r wrote
Iām Native American and couldnāt care less if Iām called that. Itās not derogatory in any way and such a silly thing to complain about.
Drahgonfly t1_j1kzpkg wrote
Itās bothersome to me Iām allowed to have an opinion.
existdetective t1_j1kubkw wrote
Says who? The proper word for any people is the word they want used for themselves.
That varies across the land.
Here in Alaska, the āindigenousā people refer to themselves as ātribesā and the term here is Alaska Native when distinguishing from the non-indigenous settler colonists of any other origin. Someone born in Alaska is a native Alaskan; someone belonging to our indigenous groups is Alaska Native.
The people here identify themselves by their own tribes/villages/regions which roughly correlate to unique language groups or to geographic features. The proper term is provided by the person/group.
White people call the Interior Alaska people āAthabascanā while the people themselves call themselves āDineā or āKoyukonā or āTanainaā and so forth.
When they want to draw attention to themselves as one group with common interests with other groups across the world, they may say Indigenous or First Nations or American Indian/Alaska Native. Generally, I follow whatever conventions are given to me by the person in front of me.
Drahgonfly t1_j1kv8l0 wrote
lol ok
existdetective t1_j1kvx7u wrote
tell me more about your convictions on this matter?
OakintheMist42 t1_j1kxuxg wrote
He's either a bot or npc. Little use in engaging
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