We already established I’m from Oklahoma. We learned this as children in the 70s. And yet I have never known an Indian, not one that’s remotely close to full-blooded anyway. Loads of tribes ended up there, but they’ve been genetically (mostly) wiped out.
I honestly don’t get it. For example, I worked for an “Indian” couple one time. Blonde and blue, pale wife, husband a tribe member by marriage. They got all kinds of benefits and government contract opportunities. Just how much genetic drift will we accept before we say “not Indian”? That’s a real question.
But in any case, in Oklahoma for my first 30-years I never met a single person even claiming Indian blood. You seem to have a hard time believing that. I can’t even think of someone saying, “I know this Indian guy…”
Dad had cause to believe we had a black relative in the past. Am I black? I’d be laughed out of any given room if I claimed such. So, draw the line.
I don’t have a drop of Indian blood in me as far as I know. I’m calling you a racist for trying to act like people with a lot of Indian blood can’t still look white.
And? You’ve heard of the Trail of Tears and the Indian Removal Act, yes? Where do you think the end of that trail was?
We already established I’m from Oklahoma. We learned this as children in the 70s. And yet I have never known an Indian, not one that’s remotely close to full-blooded anyway. Loads of tribes ended up there, but they’ve been genetically (mostly) wiped out.
That’s just an ignorant lie.
You’re pulling the same “they don’t look like Indians to me” racist bullshit that Trump did.
I honestly don’t get it. For example, I worked for an “Indian” couple one time. Blonde and blue, pale wife, husband a tribe member by marriage. They got all kinds of benefits and government contract opportunities. Just how much genetic drift will we accept before we say “not Indian”? That’s a real question.
But in any case, in Oklahoma for my first 30-years I never met a single person even claiming Indian blood. You seem to have a hard time believing that. I can’t even think of someone saying, “I know this Indian guy…”
Dad had cause to believe we had a black relative in the past. Am I black? I’d be laughed out of any given room if I claimed such. So, draw the line.
You’re basing the entire native American population on your tiny sample size, you racist fuck. pull your head out your ass.
I’m stating my experiences, and oh boy are you mad about it.
“Despite being from Oklahoma, I’ve never known an American Indian.”
“Racist filth!!!”
I suspect you’re like the girl I ran into on Bluesky claiming to trace her Indian heritage back over 800 years.
“How can trace that back to people who didn’t have a writing system? Most remaining royalty on the planet gets real fuzzy over that time span.”
You’re one of those blond, blue 1/256th “Indians” aren’t you? No other way to explain your anger at such a simple conversation.
I don’t have a drop of Indian blood in me as far as I know. I’m calling you a racist for trying to act like people with a lot of Indian blood can’t still look white.