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Originally Posted by Hyde
The term Yankee is often used as a derogatory term for an American that is true. However is it not lumping an entire culture. The term Celtic however is not its relating to the Celts or their languages, which constitute a branch of the Indo-European family and include Irish, Scottish Gaelic, Welsh, Breton, Manx, Cornish, and several extinct pre-Roman languages such as Gaulish.
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Yeah it is. Lumping all Americans under Yankee is lumping the whole culture under one term.
So it's ok that we lump the Welsh, Scottish, Irish, etc.. under the name Celt but not Indian?
I agree that Indian and Redskin are derogotory terms of course, but I also agree with EE that if you're changing one you're changing all of them. Which is tough because someone, somewhere will find anything offensive. People don't associate Redskin with Natives (at least not today) they associate with the Football team. I had a kid on my hockey team call me a Redskin the other day because my face was red from the cold. I told him he shouldn;t use it and explained what the background was, but he had no idea what it meant beforehand. Isnt that a good thing?