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Originally Posted by skizziks
Why can't I (or at least my kid, third generation) call myself a Native American on those questionnaires?
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Because words mean things.
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If I'm not native American, what am I? I am apparently not ethinc, I don't have my own category, I'm "white." White isn't an ethnicity or race (no, it's not a race) or nationality, its a fucking color.
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If you are unfamiliar with your heritage, you could go with Caucasian, Germanic, Anglo-Saxon, Eurotrash...take your pick!
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Originally Posted by filtherton
Why do we park in driveways and drive in parkways? Isn't that how it goes?
Because.
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You shouldn't park on your driveway. Driveways are what you drive on to get to your garage. If you park on it it is called a 'parking spot'
As for parkway, the definition of park being "to make a car stationary" is pretty narrow. The broader definition means 'a place set aside for a specific purpose'. A parkway is an area set apart for you to drive through.
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Originally Posted by skizziks
Wow, that is interesting. I thought the term Indian was somehow derogatory, or at best a misnomer.
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My wife is Navajo, and I have never heard her or her family call anything 'Indian'...it's not even "Native American," just "native" (native paintings, native beadwork, "is her husband native?")...so....YMMV.