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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I remember when it was preferred to refer to folks as black.  Then it was changed to african-american.  Than, apparently, we went to black again.  I guess BIPOC is the latest iteration.

I'm happy to call people whatever they prefer, but if wish folks would settle on one term.  [/quote]

Only whites are privileged enough to have one term for themselves.[/quote]

LOL.  I am from West Virginia.  I've been called white trash, hillbilly, cracker, peckerwood, trailer trash, inbred (x1000), and all sorts of other unflattering things.

I do my best to call people of any race, gender, etc. whatever they prefer to be called. If you want BIPOC, BIPOC it is.  I do find the indigenous part confusing because only Native Americans are indigenous here. [b] the rest of us are immigrants, forced or unforced. [/b]

My family started out as "indentured servants" here.[/quote]

At what point are people no longer immigrants?  How many generations or years have to pass?[/quote]

person you are quoting.  In America, the melting pot, pretty sure that people who came over the land bridge 10k years ago are natives.  the rest of us aren't.

Anything less is dismissive of aboriginals in Austrailia, Bushmen and many other native tribes in Africa, Maori in NZ, Bedouin in the ME, and many more.

I am a proud West Virginian but I have immigrant roots, for sure.  Except 1/32nd of myself (Cherokee), which is not enough to matter.  My noticeable roots are Irish and French.  Am I Irish or French? of course not, but recent ancestors were.[/quote]

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