AAAARRRRGGGGHHH!

[conuly]

My god! You just can't get away from this sort of silliness!

So I leave autism's insane discussion. It's not profitable to hang around there anymore. Losing my soul, I was!

And I meander over to brits_americans to visit the Thanksgiving discussion. And it's there! Again! GAH!

Sometimes, I could just scream. The universe is most assuredly out to get me.

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[conuly]

That's another term imposed top-down. I don't have the slightest clue what people Of That Ethnic Group think on the subject, either individually or as a group.

[wakasplat.livejournal.com]

Most I've known just said Indian or their specific tribe. <shrug>

A comment by Sherman Alexie in this article (http://www.fallsapart.com/art-lat.html):

While they're busy keeping Diamond Phillips off casting lists, Hollywood types also would be wise to avoid calling Alexie a "Native American." The author dismisses the term as meaningless, a product of liberal white guilt.

"I'm an Indian," he says. "I'll only use 'Native American' in mixed company.

[conuly]

I'm somewhat mollified to note that the person I'm talking with is Native American (her term, her rules), but that doesn't change the fact that not everybody who fits in that really broad category agrees with her, despite her earlier claims to the contrary.