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<blockquote data-quote="TedKennedy" data-source="post: 2704045" data-attributes="member: 25419"><p>So it's still a glass of milk, I suppose. </p><p></p><p>I'm 1/16 Cherokee, and can show you a picture of my ancestor that came to Oklahoma on the Trail of Tears. So, I'm 15/16 dirty white boy, 1/16 Indian. I'm plenty proud of my heritage, but it would be ridiculous to say "I'm an Indian". </p><p></p><p> As for Freedmen, being owned by an Indian doesn't me you one, any more than being owned by a white boy makes you white.</p><p></p><p>And for being villified, there were some fairly ugly instances of Indians raping, killing, kidnapping and torturing white folks right here and in Texas and Kansas. (yes, both sides did lots of bad)</p><p> So the mentality of white vs Indian is more akin to U.S.-Japanese relations during WWII, not simple racism, as is often alleged. </p><p>I guess a guy ought to be proud of who he is, regardless, just seems to me that identifying with what genetically makes up a small portion of your being is silly.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TedKennedy, post: 2704045, member: 25419"] So it's still a glass of milk, I suppose. I'm 1/16 Cherokee, and can show you a picture of my ancestor that came to Oklahoma on the Trail of Tears. So, I'm 15/16 dirty white boy, 1/16 Indian. I'm plenty proud of my heritage, but it would be ridiculous to say "I'm an Indian". As for Freedmen, being owned by an Indian doesn't me you one, any more than being owned by a white boy makes you white. And for being villified, there were some fairly ugly instances of Indians raping, killing, kidnapping and torturing white folks right here and in Texas and Kansas. (yes, both sides did lots of bad) So the mentality of white vs Indian is more akin to U.S.-Japanese relations during WWII, not simple racism, as is often alleged. I guess a guy ought to be proud of who he is, regardless, just seems to me that identifying with what genetically makes up a small portion of your being is silly. [/QUOTE]
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