「黃家駒 Wong Ka Kui」 | (aka: 鳳凰院 凶真 Hououin Kyouma)@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-23 days ago"Indian American" and "American Indian" are terms that is probably gonna confuse a lot of people.message-squaremessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up155arrow-down15
arrow-up150arrow-down1message-square"Indian American" and "American Indian" are terms that is probably gonna confuse a lot of people.「黃家駒 Wong Ka Kui」 | (aka: 鳳凰院 凶真 Hououin Kyouma)@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-23 days agomessage-square18fedilink
minus-squareSchwim Dandy@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·3 days agoIsn’t it supposed to be “native American” now?
minus-squareNurse_Robot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up20·3 days agoIt’s complicated. Best practice is to ask for individual preference or use the specific tribe
minus-squareotacon239@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·3 days agoThis video dives into this topic particularly well. It’s still best to ask their individual preference, but this gave me some perspective I didn’t have before: https://youtu.be/kh88fVP2FWQ
minus-square「黃家駒 Wong Ka Kui」 | (aka: 鳳凰院 凶真 Hououin Kyouma)@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·3 days agoFunny how he mentioned a “In this series, we’ll use this term”… then… a few decades later Where is the series on Native Americans American Indians?
minus-squareotacon239@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 days agoThat was also like half the YouTube comments lol. I noticed it too.
minus-squareAgrivar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 days agoHuh, TIL! Thanks for sharing the link - I love CGP but somehow never saw that particular video.
minus-square「黃家駒 Wong Ka Kui」 | (aka: 鳳凰院 凶真 Hououin Kyouma)@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down4·3 days agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bureau_of_Indian_Affairs It’s not called the Bureau of Native American Affairs
minus-squareSchwim Dandy@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·3 days agoIt’s also not called the Bureau of American Indian Affairs.
Isn’t it supposed to be “native American” now?
It’s complicated. Best practice is to ask for individual preference or use the specific tribe
This video dives into this topic particularly well. It’s still best to ask their individual preference, but this gave me some perspective I didn’t have before: https://youtu.be/kh88fVP2FWQ
Funny how he mentioned a “In this series, we’ll use this term”… then…
a few decades later
Where is the series on
Native AmericansAmerican Indians?That was also like half the YouTube comments lol. I noticed it too.
Huh, TIL! Thanks for sharing the link - I love CGP but somehow never saw that particular video.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bureau_of_Indian_Affairs
It’s not called the Bureau of Native American Affairs
It’s also not called the Bureau of American Indian Affairs.
Now do NAACP and UNCF.
It should be.