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Originally Posted by Hemi-Cuda
so do you have a problem with black people calling each other by the N word then?
why would you want to call them Indians anyway? it's not factually correct, and in such a multicultural country like Calgary it can be quite confusing with the large population of actual Indians in the city
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I never realized that black people ever used that word as an official reference.
Natives do use 'Indian' as an official description.
And yes I have a problem with it....but because its a derogatory term. I never realized that saying 'Indian' was derogatory.
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A 1995 US Census Bureau survey found that more American Indians in the United States preferred American Indian to Native American.[71] Nonetheless, most American Indians are comfortable with Indian, American Indian, and Native American, and the terms are often used interchangeably.[72] The traditional term is reflected in the name chosen for the National Museum of the American Indian, which opened in 2004 on the Mall in Washington, D.C..
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