"Indian American" and "American Indian" are terms that will probably gonna confuse a lot of people.

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• AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  The confusion of the terms is a perpetual memorial to the original confusion of Christopher Columbus.

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• schwim@piefed.zip ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Isn’t it supposed to be “native American” now?

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  • otacon239@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    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

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    • Agrivar@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Huh, TIL! Thanks for sharing the link - I love CGP but somehow never saw that particular video.

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    • DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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 Americans American Indians?

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  • Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    It’s complicated. Best practice is to ask for individual preference or use the specific tribe

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  • DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bureau_of_Indian_Affairs

    It’s not called the Bureau of Native American Affairs

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    • schwim@piefed.zip ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      It’s also not called the Bureau of American Indian Affairs.

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    • corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Now do NAACP and UNCF.

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    • reddig33@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      It should be.

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• db2@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I imagine it would confuse someone who says “that will probably gonna”.

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  • DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Nothing to see here, must’ve been the wind. 🤫

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    • db2@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Getting warmer

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• MagicShel@lemmy.zip ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Anyone confuses likely doesn’t care in the first place.

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  • surewhynotlem@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Or doesn’t speak English as a first language. Or wasn’t educated yet and they’re young. Or live in a small town where they once met a single black man a decade ago and are too poor to leave.

    Unrelated note, bigots are unimaginative and don’t want to be educated. That’s why many people fall into the category you defined.

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    • psx_crab@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Or not american? It does confused me at first but then i realised OP is talking about Indian and Native American.

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