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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It doesn't seem fair that some middle class kid who grew up in a middle class neighborhood, lived a typica Americanl middle class life and had only seen American Indians on TV, gets an advantage in getting into aschool because of his great great great grandmother.[/quote]

And my point is, if an African American kid meeting your description gets an advantage because five generations ago his ancestors were slaves, then a kid with Native American ancestry should to, because of all the shit the government did to them (which, like Jim Crow, persisted well into the 20th century).[/quote]
However, African Americans are still discriminated against today. Study after study has shown unfair treatment in the legal system. Black people walking in wealthy neighborhoods are always suspected of crimes.[/quote]

What makes you think NA people aren't discriminated against?  Poverty for NAs is the highest of any group. Pine Ridge is a depressing place. NA people are actively discriminated against in any area that they have a large enough population to be noticeable. I have lived in Arizona, South Dakota, and Minnesota. I was deeply shocked to hear the label "Prairie Nigger" tossed around in MN. I was even more shocked by some of the stuff that I heard in AZ.  If NA people don't face discrimination on the East Coast or West Coast, it's mostly because they are such a small minority that they are invisible. [/quote]

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