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Old 01-03-2013, 04:48 PM   #5
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Originally Posted by Despanan View Post
Whoa, really?

The American attitude towards natives is very different: to the point where we kinda think they're magic or something. Many Americans see it as a mark of pride to have native Americans in their family, and most ten year old boys will claim it whether it's true or not.
That's pretty much a white thing to do, I think. It's racist to fetishize a culture like that and people do that everywhere, from my experience.

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Of course, that may be just the east coast, where there aren't any natives. I hear there's more racism out west, where some tribes still live, but I'm not sure, having never been there myself.
What do you mean?
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