Opinion of Native Americans

[Ban my account ffs!]

The town I'm from is probably one of the most significant cities with a sizable Native American population in the US.  Roughly 1/4 of the people you see shopping on a given trip to the store are Natives.  They were about 1/5 of my graduating class in HS.  We are surrounded by three reservations...Red Lake, Leech Lake, and White Earth.

Yet when I've left, the attitude about Native Americans among people who have never met one is either patronizingly idealistic and ignorant or simply viciously malicious.  "good for nothing moochers with their casinos...too bad there weren't more pox blankets" seems to be the impression I get.

They are easily the most maligned group of Americans in practice despite all the "good intentions" people have towards them.

What do I miss most when I leave my hometown?  The Natives.

I mean even the famous 1970s commercial with the teary eyed Indian lamenting the littering passersby was played by a non-Native.  Blackface is tantamount to a hate crime....and yet....

Do you know any Natives?  What is your opinion?

[Rockefeller GOP]

Well, like any other decent human being, I don't have ONE set opinion about an entire group of people.

[Thunderbird is the word]

Well, like any other decent human being, I don't have ONE set opinion about an entire group of people.

[ElectionsGuy]

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Really?  I've heard people say nasty things about African-Americans, Hispanics, and Asians, but I've never heard anyone say anything racist towards Native Americans.

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I've only ever known one Native American who you could visibly tell was a Native American.

[SATW]

Well, like any other decent human being, I don't have ONE set opinion about an entire group of people.

[Ban my account ffs!]

Well, like any other decent human being, I don't have ONE set opinion about an entire group of people.

So...you have zero opinions about Native Americans.  Just as I thought.

Put you in the patronizingly idealistic and ignorant category.

[Lief 🗽]

Do you know any Natives?  What is your opinion?

My good friend Bushie is a Native American.

[SATW]

Well, like any other decent human being, I don't have ONE set opinion about an entire group of people.

So...you have zero opinions about Native Americans.  Just as I thought.

Put you in the patronizingly idealistic and ignorant category.

Get over yourself, please. Holier-than-thou attitudes are equally as bad from Democrats as they are from Republicans.

[Mechaman]

Well, like any other decent human being, I don't have ONE set opinion about an entire group of people.

So...you have zero opinions about Native Americans.  Just as I thought.

Put you in the patronizingly idealistic and ignorant category.

LMAO, alrighty! What happened to Native Americans in the past was one of the worst crimes, if not THE WORST crime in the history of the US. It was a cruel genocide, I'll be clear about it. A genocide that we often don't talk about and seem to forget since we are too busy talking about the Nazis or racist Southerners. As far as Native American culture and lifestyle is concerned... yes, I think they are FFs but don't expect me to make generalizations. I usually don't rate an entire group of people but individuals.

Emphasis on the bolded.

You are expecting us to judge an entire ethnic/racial group.  People who do that are some of my least favorite people, regardless of their intentions.  As much as I like to bash some of the reactionary impulses of "WASP" culture, for instance, I would never blanketedly label "Anglo Americans" wholescale as "HPs" given that some of them actually contributed a lot towards left wing philosophy (like that Henry George fellow that I wank over whenever a topic on New York City comes up) and it would be an act of intellectual dishonesty as well as very racist for me to make a wholesale label of where those people stand as individuals.

Though to be fair, you also believe in Generational Theory.  Which shall I say, is quite special.

[ingemann]

A good lesson in why you should have border control.

Just kidding, but I can't say I have any greater opinion about a people I have never interacted with outside a few pan flute players from Peru.

[RINO Tom]

Well, like any other decent human being, I don't have ONE set opinion about an entire group of people.

[Ebsy]

The very definition of Freedom Fighters.

[Torie]

This thread is the violation of the terms of use set by me for this Board, because it asks about the opinion of a group of people based on race, ethnicity, etc. as outlined in the thread at the top of the Board. Locked. Notice given to Snowguy.