Verily
Cuivienen
Atlas Icon
Posts: 16,663
Political Matrix
E: 1.81, S: -6.78
|
 |
« Reply #25 on: April 29, 2010, 09:40:42 PM » |
|
Why have Mexicans so rarely checked "American Indian"? I certainly wouldn't expect it as often as Other, but I'm surprised it's so relatively infrequent.
Because "Mexican" and "American Indian" are completely different identities in our society, "American Indian" has really only ever been embraced by those tribes occupying the present borders of mainland United States. Even in Alaska and Northern Canada, another term is used.
In parts of South America, and I'm totally unqualified to speak about this, I remember that there's a class component to being Indian as opposed to being partly of European ancestry such that some with no European ancestry lie.
|
