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Who even says “Indian” to describe Native Americans anymore?

One of my friends who is also native used that word to describe someone from a neighboring tribe and I genuinely thought he was talking about an Indian as in from India. No one says that for Native Americans anymore, at least not around here! It’s not only politically incorrect, but just plain incorrect. It’s outdated. He as a indigenous person should know that. Say indigenous or Native Americans, but don’t call us Indians anymore. It’s more offensive than being called “red” at this point. 😂

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bowman81 · M

It is funny how "woke" individuals seem to "Know whats Best" for minority groups. Seems pretty arrogant to me.
My daughter's father in law is Japanese American....his parents were born in Japan he was born in Hawaii. He and his parents were interred during WWII. He calls himself "Oriental" his "woke" friends say no, you are "Asian". He just laughs at them. He figures that he was raised, interred, served in the US Army, obtained a masters degree and had a long and profitable career in business.....that HE should be able to say he is Oriental if he wants and no "Haole" can tell him different.

PerchingDove · F

@bowman81 I’m not “woke” I’m one Native American individual with an opinion. I love how you’re all so quick to associate me with the overly PC culture. That just shows one-dimensional your minds are.