Addie
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Addie, I'm just grateful you are not blue, Smurfs freak me out ;p
Good one Snip. I am small enough to be one though.
Addie, I'm just grateful you are not blue, Smurfs freak me out ;p
Good one Snip. I am small enough to be one though.
claire, i'm sure you didn't mean it, but saying a troubled person of native descent deserves to stay on the reservation is exceedingly offensive. it's like saying poor black people deserve to live in the projects, or trashy white people deserve to live in broken down trailer parks.
and the early explorers were looking for a shorter route to get to the spice and silk trades of india and asia, not that they thought the native americans looked southern asian. as was just mentioned, the first natives the explorers met weren't necessarily the darker skinned type.
no biggie, though. just pointing it out for reference. since this is addie's thread, i'm sure she'd appreciate the attempt at historical accuracy and wider base of knowledge.
Kylie, is the term "Aussie" considered derogatory to Austrailians? I know to call me an Indian is just fine with me. But some person(s) decided that it wasn't PC. So overnght I became a Native American.
Anyone up for a little Paul Revere and the Raiders?
BTW, didn't Major Charles Winchester III live on Penobscot St?
OK, I understand where you are coming from, I didn't read it that way. I read it that this person could live on a reservation and fit right in.
Tone isn't always expressed accurately in the written word unfortunately. I've heard people use similar terminology, but the way it was said, wouldn't be mistaken by most as offensive.
addie, the thing about the orbital structure of the eyes makes sense. since it's presumed north America was first settled by northern Asians, the one trait that is the most different/distinct between western Europeans and Asians that might survive several millennia would be the eyes.
same goes for dominant traits like hair colour.
skin colour would be much more affected by climate since it's an organ that is the most rapidly replaced.
'Some additional info about the tribe. My grandfather and father are from the Tarentine branch of the tribe. They were cannibals and one of the most feared tribes on the East coast.
how do you refer to a large group of people that share a certain trait such as ethnicity, snip?
do you name each one?
snip, my earlier point to claire would be like saying that someone looks or acts like they belong in orlando.