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Kinda broad statement considering some do but some are offended by it.
Of course its entirely incorrect given they aren't in India, so it seems obvious not to call them indian (shit even some actual east Indians are offended by it, especially cause now they need to be called east indians)
and more anecdotally all indigenous people I've met couldn't careless what theyre called down to calling themselves 'indjiuns'
@Sethayy the existence of people not offended by something prejudiced always seems to be dragged out as a justification for that prejudice.
If some people being offended isn't reason enough not to say something, then it stands to reason that some people not being offended isn't a reason why it's okay.
If it is, then there are definitely people who are offended.
Okay, but what if they like being called indian as opposed to native american? Now you're being offensive to those people. It's kind of like that ridiculous latinx term that some PC people have being pushing for a few years now, I'm yet to meet anyone thay likes being called that as opposed to just latino/latina.
If you're in doubt what to call someone, just ask, don't assume.
Excellent! So let's just call them what country they live in, which isn't India (nor even close to India)
Yes great! But they don't live in India :( So it's pretty hard to call them indians
This is halarious, youre definitely american aren't you?
Canadians aren't in america eh? Absolutely no classification we can think of, perhaps a continent or 2 that could describe let's say a north and south "america" of some sort?
Id encourage you to try and find another true analogy though, and you'll see it doesnt exist - cause everywhere else's name is based on where it is
also I gotta edit to add this, I'd love to see where you perceive racism in my comment, just as a readers exercise
Canadians are called american cause they're in NORTH AMERICA, not cause US has a monopoly on the classification american.
The rest I'm outta energy to argue but essentially yeah don't use blanket terms
This has gotta be intentional stupidity at this point right?
You understand things in time happen in a linearr order right? Ie if someone hurt me then I hurt them, they're the bad guy. I hurt someone and they hurt me 🫢 an entirely different scenario