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Originally Posted by Snakeeye
Of course you see "piss-pantsed white people" as well. You see similar blacks, hispanics, asians, etc. But you also see a ton of sober, clean whites, blacks, hispanics, asians. If you wish to waste time with an irrelevant side argument that there are people of other races that end up just as screwed up, feel free.
Point remains, most people see a lot more of the negative side of life in Natives than they do the positive. It was stated that there is a poor perception of natives, I offered a possible reason for it. Sorry if you are offended, but that ain't my problem.
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It's hard to be offended by something you know is coming.
And it is true that their is a poor perception of natives. You didn't offer a possible reason for it, you are perpetuating it. Saying something like "when is the last time you saw a clean and sober Indian in public (on the train)" is dictionary racism.
As for the "why should I pay for what people generations ago did" argument, let's turn that around a bit because I'm in sort of the opposite position. I'm a white Canadian and ancestors of mine made an agreement with some native folks more than 4 generations ago and bought property that is technically on an Indian reserve. We still own it and I expect some of it will have my name on it one day. All the people involved in that transaction, on both sides, are long dead. If the locals out there suddenly decide that they don't have to honor those contracts because they were made "generations ago", do you think I should just pack up and leave?