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[quote=Anonymous][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]

I'm not the PP, but all of us except Native Americans are immigrants not matter how or when you came or how long you've been here. [/quote]

Eh, my mom's side came over on the Mayflower and my dad's wasn't long after that; DAR, Mayflower Society, all that jazz. We have tons of genealogy research and can document 14+ generations who have been born and raised on American soil. I don't think anyone, especially myself, would be able to classify me as an immigrant. It would honestly be incredibly embarrassing if I ever had to unpack that for someone. [/quote]

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