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[b]The point was that people don't discriminate against the Am. Indian culture anymore, [/b]so yes, I was serious.  You, or the other PP, seems to think that because PP's grandfather had to hide his NA ancestry and lose his culture that being 1/8 or 1/16 NA still should allow for special treatment even though they are now middle class.    It doesn't.

If, however, a 1/8 or 1/16 NA still lived on a Reservation and was dirt poor, then yes, you should be given some special treatment.  But the PP is middle class, so no, you don't get special treatment.

If OP was thinking that checking the NA box would garner some special treatment in a college app, then yes, you probably would.  But, I'm guessing that the College would not think that when you check that box that you are 1/16 NA.  If you are 1/16 NA, then you should check more than one box.[/quote]

You must be kidding. (I'm a different PP.)[/quote]

OK, enlighten me.  How do people still discriminate against the NA culture?  Are there pockets of the US that are racist or prejudiced against NA?  Sure, as there are pockets that are that way towards Asians, Blacks, Hispanics.  Should all non Whites have special treatment, even if they are middle class?[/quote]

the fact that you don't distinguish between the significance of words like "redskin" and "tomahawk" just proves my point.

Well, for one local example, most people in DC think its acceptable to use a racial slur against Native Americans as the name of a sports team.[/quote]

This is a political correctness issue, not a racial or cultural prejudice issue.  Yes, it's un PC, but most people think that the NA tribal names and such sound pretty cool.  That's why a lot of the military uses NA names for their weapons, like the Tomahawk, etc..[/quote][/quote]

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