It really angers me to think that some people are like that.\nBut I would like to know what the world thinks----Thank you\n\n((I mean Indians as in from India, curse Columbus for calling Native Americans Indians))
210205
There are idiots in every race.
295274
Here's always been my thought: I'm Irish and don't complain that Notre Dame's nickname is the "Fighting Irish."  I don't go around saying my heritage is being mocked or that I'm offended because "people think I like fighting."  It's ridiculous.  If any Native Americans are really concerned about this issues, why not look at poverty on the reservations, poor schooling, etc?  There's so much more to worry about than school mascot names.
530962
I'm sourthern Indian and I'm ashamed to say that the caste system stays alive and well here. (It's worse in the North with added problems.) Many of us throw all of these out and believe every human being is the same as the other. There is no 'low' and no 'high'. Consider this the same as racism. Most of them are not fortunate to break away from the caste system, because of the way they've been brought up -  to think that this is 'right'. It's going to take a very long time for India to turn around. Having said that, we've got lots of beauty in our people too and most of my friends have married people from other communities and inter-racially too :-) Of course, the whole bunch is judged by one bad apple. Pity, this opinion will stick, untill the entire problem goes away.
202363
I agree with all of you. People around the world are claiming races, people belonging to a particular religion or culture to be responsible of one-person's (or a group of very few people's) act. Why should any one blame someone else for someones misdeed. There shouldn't be even consideration of the person's race/religion/country/language. Not all the people of a particular group have same thoughts or ways to think. Not everyone acts in the same way in a similar situation.
636370
I tell you the said part about your ignorant quesiton. You have other's here that take it as a joke and say that it is not mean, but in fact if you of a minority(Whether it be black,hispanic, or asian) you will be offended by someone who is very how can I say uneducated. If you remember correctly the true "natives" of america where placed on reservations by those who thought they where better a race(but if you want to get technical there are NO true natives in america), african americans were enslaved and were punished if they tried to get freedom and now the poor hispancs are fighting to get into a country that doesn't want and they are getting punished (deportation, traps placed by vigilantes in the areas) because they want freedom. This is a sad country indeed. Makes me want to go to canada.
134345
yeah..its irritating.\nsome people do that intentionally.
549542
It's called a 'double standard'. White Americans have the strength, stamina, backbone, intelligence and determination to build a country out of wilderness. I, personally, consider the source. It seems to come from people who still can't find anything in their own heritage to be proud of, so they bash us and ours. They try to bring us down to their level. I don't let it bother me. They show their racism every time they spout such bigotry. Let it roll off and remain above it.
517301
I hear ya! there need to be more holidays to remember where we came from...and yeah, it's just re named isn't it. but hey! we can't get that from so few. i wish there were more Indians but i have to live this life..real names.. i wish! we are almost extinct....L
666422
You know what?  I hear this all the time with different ethnic groups complaining that some other race does not like them.  Give me a break.  You know what, some people are just feeling sorry for themselves or they are passing the blame of something onto another, like a different race.  I am latino and I don't feel that way.  Alot of my friends are latino and they don't feel that way either.  I have many other friends who are white, black and arab and asian.  We have better things to do and think about than another race is being prejudice toward us.  Those people who think that way need to take a closer look and figure out why they feel that way.  They need to put the blame on themselves.
492723
woohoo finally someone has the same thoughts on this as i do.... hello people every history book will tell you that the native Americans where here first and that the Europeans ran them out of all their homes... yes, Mexicans came and did the same to the Indians when they took over Arizona, new Mexico and California but seriously how much better is white people than brown people if they both stole this land from the true natives??\n\nedited-what I'm saying is yes the Indians where here first but i do not agree with new immigrants or Americans taking advantage of welfare.. i have three children and can't get any help to send them to preschool because my husband  makes a HAIR more than the limit. now my oldest son is behind in kindergarten. \nI'm not trying to contradict myself i just don't like to hear white people say they where here first. and i don't like the fact that because people don't work they get hand outs, and the middle class can't get any help at all...\n\nedited- i don't get what is this discussion about dirty jobs? i love the show but i don't understand what you are all talking about? email me..thanks in advance..
132059
Why do you feel the need to call people out in such a way. I don't enjoy talking to ignorant people myself but we're on a public website and I wouldn't call anyone stupid. I'm not trying to be mean but that's rude not mention it makes it seem like you feel as though you're superior. \n\nMaybe people talk the way talk and spell the way spell and think the way think because they weren't given the proper tools as young-lings. Just maybe, you should try to know some of the people that you feel are stupid and you might see them in a  totally different light. I feel you on being annoyed by ignorance, but sometimes people need a break because of their upbringing/schooling or lack of. Feel me?
203406
You can never generalize.  Some do some dont.  Just like some Black folks, I propose, might think its wrong to marry Indians.\n\nBottom line, its up to the individual, but for what it's worth, this is not an uncommon occurance, especially in the South.  I personally can think of maybe a half dozen Black Indians I know, but then again I live in Oakland, CA, a place with large Native and Black communities.
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Non-believer here:\n\nIt makes me mad, because their sadness is indicative of a culturally superior attitude.  They're superior therefore anyone else who doesn't beieve ilke them needs to be "saved" and shown the Ight, else they are going to burn for all eternity.\n\nThey don't seem to realize that others might think that THEY are going to burn and need to be saved; the notion that they might be wrong doesn't seem to occur to them.\n\nThey obliterated so many beautiful cultures "spreading their word" and we lost so much diversity.  If they wouldn't convert, kill them.  Burn them.  And burning is one of the most horrific ways to go, physiologically speaking.  We lost the Aztecs and their civilization, we lost so much of the native American cultures, and the Pacific Islanders, and Africans.  Hel, in the "land of Freedom", native Americans weren't allowed to practice their religion unti the 1930's!\n\nAnd why did the Puritains come here?\n\nAnd they continue to destroy--they won't allow for homosexuals to marry, they want to outlaw a woman's right to her body (I had an abortion and I am not at all sorry about it!), etc\n\nPlus, the whole Christian mythology is just ludicrus; it's as valid as the Greeks and the Persians and the Osage cosmologies, except less entertaining and a whole lot more insulting to my intelligence.  I mean, God loves you, but you gotta accept that because you like women as you do men, you're going to burn.  If you don't accept Jesus as your savior, you're gunna burn.  If you take God's name in vain, you're gunna burn.\n\nYeah, God loves me.\n\n(BTW I do believe in God, but not like most people here do)
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I guess there are ignorant fools out there. It's the same way ppl think West Indians are from India (which btw incase anyone reading this didn't know, Indian did migrate to West Indie, so they have Indian roots, but West Indians have a culture of their own) I take an offense when ppl get this mixed up, so it's not surprising you'd take offense to ppl thinking Scotland isn't a place on its own. I've been to Scotland, it's awesome, I love the castles, the fast food potato at the mall and ofcourse the beauty of the place. Anyways good luck getting your msg out.
403303
There are alot of prejudice people in this world; it's always been that way. But we are a separate country from Mexico so we must have laws and they must abide by them. If we'd go to someone else's country, we'd have to abide by their laws. I totally agree that what the "white" people did to the Native Americans was terribly wrong.
613104
Take stuff on here "with a grain of salt" as we say where I live ... some people will be rude and others will get upset when they are rude ... it is just Q and A from total strangers ... not exactly of earth shaking importance in the overall scheme of things ... don't let it get to you ...
320443
Please! What was that??! You just have to accept the fact that people from other cultures are wired differently! I've known people who handled calls for American clients, who used to keep telling me such things!  Like I used to tell them, think about what would happen if Americans had to call Indians on a daily basis! They'd probably think Indians were crazy too!