Is there on double standard on racism?

Turner_727 wrote:

I'm Alaskan Indian

I've never heard it phrased that way before. I always thought the p.c. term for native Alaskans (and those native to tundra land) was Inuit. Or maybe that's just in Canada?

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caprice wrote:

Turner_727 wrote:
I'm Alaskan Indian

I've never heard it phrased that way before. I always thought the p.c. term for native Alaskans (and those native to tundra land) was Inuit. Or maybe that's just in Canada?

There are Alaskan Indians, which consist of the Athabaskan Council members, (Tlingit, Haida, Athabaskan, Tsimshin are some) and then there are Eskimoes, which are a different race than what we are. Not all Alaskan 'natives' are eskimoes. We're genetically indian, while the eskimoes are I believe Mongols that moved over. I could be wrong on that, tho.

When I went to the Indian college, there was an Aleut there, and you could tell he was different.

Also, there are several different types of Eskimoes. There are Aluet, and Inuets, among others. But I'm not too sure on that.

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cicerone imposter wrote:

PS, I know "all" that! These descriptors we use today were all created by our government. When I volunteered into the US Air Force back in the fifties, we had to identify our race on many forms, even though our grandfather came to the US in 1893. It was never just "American," and it still isn't.

I know! When I received an application form for a California state license (in my "field" of work...was considering going to Calif at one point) there was a section about ethnicity. I didn't get (and still don't) why it was necessary to include this information on the application. Heck, I'm not even American! Maybe I should have checked off the "other" box and written in "Canuck". That would have confused 'em. Wink

But seriously, it's kind of disturbing. Although I did read something once about how in America, they will be up front about being racist and that in Canada, they are too "polite" and will hide it from you. The author said they would rather know what they were dealing with up front. Hmmm...not sure Canadians are especially polite...I've encountered plenty of rude ones! Wink

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Turner_727 wrote:

There are Alaskan Indians, which consist of the Athabaskan Council members, (Tlingit, Haida, Athabaskan, Tsimshin are some) and then there are Eskimoes, which are a different race than what we are. Not all Alaskan 'natives' are eskimoes. We're genetically indian, while the eskimoes are I believe Mongols that moved over. I could be wrong on that, tho.

When I went to the Indian college, there was an Aleut there, and you could tell he was different.

Also, there are several different types of Eskimoes. There are Aluet, and Inuets, among others. But I'm not too sure on that.

I had no idea! Thanks for the interesting info. Have you always lived in Alaska? I couldn't handle the climate and the hours of sunshine myself. Although I've heard about that nice bonus check everyone up there gets. Wink

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I've never lived in Alaska. I was born and raised in California. 11 1/2 years ago I moved to Kansas. But I had a chance last year to move up there, and almost was able to.

From what I understand, our winters in Kansas City are worse than in Juneau, where our tribe is located.

My dad always said the worst winter he had was in Kansas. I heard they got down to just below zero (fahrenheit) last week, and they thought it was pretty cold. While we think that's pretty cold here, too, I've looked at the temps at both, and we do seem to be a bit colder.

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Turner_727 wrote:

I've never lived in Alaska. I was born and raised in California.

I gotta start paying closer attention in here. Embarrassed

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Well, I never did say where I was rasied. Not in this thread, at least.

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Yeah, but I assumed. You know the saying, when you assume, you make an @ss of "u" and "me". Razz

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