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: youtu.be/kh88fVP2FWQ
Comment on "Indian American" and "American Indian" are terms that will probably gonna confuse a lot of people.
schwim@piefed.zip 3 weeks ago
Isn’t it supposed to be “native American” now?
otacon239@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
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?otacon239@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
That was also like half the YouTube comments lol. I noticed it too.
Agrivar@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Huh, TIL! Thanks for sharing the link - I love CGP but somehow never saw that particular video.
DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bureau_of_Indian_Affairs
It’s not called the Bureau of Native American Affairs
schwim@piefed.zip 3 weeks ago
It’s also not called the Bureau of American Indian Affairs.
corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
Now do NAACP and UNCF.
reddig33@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
It should be.
Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
It’s complicated. Best practice is to ask for individual preference or use the specific tribe