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Old 06-16-2020, 06:58 PM
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As you seem to have the answer for white people what should black racists do? What about Asians? you did not mention them. American Indians?
Ummm...National Geographic has a very thoughtful piece about the label “American Indians.”

https://www.api.nationalgeographic.c...-appropriation

The Native nations had/have little in common yet we use one term as if all were/are exactly the same.

My first understanding of contagious disease came from reading about the rampant spread of European illnesses through Native populations. Natives had no previous exposure to those illnesses so they had no existing immunity. Sound familiar?