What are the positives to being biracial?

YellowDragon11 wrote:

You: The British preferred to kill the indigenous people than to mate with them.

Me: A lot of Native Americans thought the same way... They would rather kill whites and their families, instead of being on friendly terms with them ((and a lot of them did)), so what's your point there exactly...? Or should I say, what's the point behind the point you're making? ; )

The British were colonizers. They weren't here to be "friendly". They were here to steal land, subjugate the people and to make a great deal of profit from it. They took what they wanted and didn't care what happened to indigenous people. To Native Americans the British colonizers always presented a deadly threat, and we see the results now.

I don't believe you are Native American, or if you are I don't think you have very much contact with Native American culture. The idea that when foreigners are coming to invade and steal your land you should be "on friendly terms with them" is a little ridiculous.

https://uapress.arizona.edu/book/north-american-indigenous-warfare-and-ritual-violence
Despite evidence of warfare and violent conflict in pre-Columbian North America, scholars argue that the scale and scope of Native American violence is exagerated. They contend that scholarly misrepresentation has denigrated indigenous peoples when in fact they lived together in peace and harmony. In rebutting that contention, this groundbreaking book presents clear evidence—from multiple academic disciplines—that indigenous populations engaged in warfare and ritual violence long before European contact. In ten well-documented and thoroughly researched chapters, fourteen leading scholars dispassionately describe sources and consequences of Amerindian warfare and violence, including ritual violence. Originally presented at an American Anthropological Association symposium, their findings construct a convincing case that bloodshed and killing have been woven into the fabric of indigenous life in North America for many centuries.

The editors argue that a failure to acknowledge the roles of warfare and violence in the lives of indigenous North Americans is itself a vestige of colonial repression—depriving native warriors of their history of armed resistance. These essays document specific acts of Native American violence across the North American continent. Including contributions from anthropologists, archaeologists, historians, and ethnographers, they argue not only that violence existed but also that it was an important and frequently celebrated component of Amerindian life.

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Lost Colony, early English settlement on Roanoke Island (now in North Carolina, U.S.) that mysteriously disappeared between the time of its founding (1587) and the return of the expedition's leader (1590)

Saying “Europeans aren’t the only ones who committed genocide” is like saying “White people aren’t the only ones who are racist.” - What’s your point?

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Was genocide perpetrated on Indigenous people? Yes. Were the perpetrators by and large white people with European origins? Yes.

So what’s your point?

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You are making the argument that the Genocide of Native Americans by British colonizers was justified. If you are not making that argument, then please correct

How do you get that theory by my writing.my whole damn point was that warfare and even the ending of whole tribes and the taking of their land was not uncommon by those very native peoples themselves.

The Europeans effect on the native population that was large was mainly due to the diseases they carry not any killing sprees.

I’m being too rigid with you here, Bill.

I suppose it is a point of contention and debate - how much of the reduction in numbers of Native Americans was a result of unintentional spread of disease, versus how much was the result of malicious policy of extermination.

Okay....? And if given the opportunity, Native Americans would of likely done the same to the British, so what's your point...? lol. You act as if Native Americans are more peaceful or something to the likes, but yet Native Americans were very war-like... A lot of tribes were big on killing other tribes, and there was actual sacred rituals that revolved around killing their enemies. I mean look at the Aztec's for example... One of the Aztec emperor's wearing the skin of another chief's daughter ((literally)). A greater force ((in some regards)) came along and 'conquered' Native Americans... They lost 'their land' ((even though this planet doesn't 'belong' to anyone)) and yeah, got 'colonized'. It happens... Am I going to sit here and cry around about it...? No. I'm not weak... You would likely do that, but I wouldn't. I'm not you man. : )

Jesus. You’re actually arguing that white people didn’t purposefully wipe out the Native population.