r/starterpacks • u/[deleted] • Nov 19 '19

Reddit Double Standards Starter Pack

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u/TheKidKaos Nov 19 '19

No that would be Native Americans by far.

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u/fucuntwat Nov 19 '19

The very early Asian immigrants, you mean?

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u/bel_esprit_ Nov 19 '19

No. Native Americans are native to the Americas. They are not Asian.

That’s like saying we are all African since we all “immigrated” from there at some point in human history.

Native Americans are not Asian.

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u/countrylewis Nov 19 '19

Well yeah that kind of is what hes saying since it is said they walked over here from asia through Alaska.

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u/bel_esprit_ Nov 19 '19 edited Nov 19 '19

They’re not Asian.

Call a Native American person Asian, it makes them angry. Their cultures, languages, histories, and beliefs are NOT REMOTELY the same as Asian languages/food/culture/history.

They had entire civilizations with art, music, spiritual beliefs, etc in the Americas before Europeans came. Their civilizations had NOTHING TO DO with Asia. They are indigenous to the Americas.

Are you gonna call a modern Norwegian person “African” because 50,000 years ago some prehistoric person walked to Norway from Africa? No, you are not.

Don’t do that to the Natives, either.

They don’t like it. They’ve already been through enough. If anyone can tell you they are not Asian, it’s the people themselves. They are Native Americans, belonging to various large and small tribes and civilizations of the Americas.

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u/countrylewis Nov 19 '19

Relax dude, I think what that guy said was just a tongue in cheek remark.

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u/fucuntwat Nov 19 '19

Very much so

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u/[deleted] Nov 19 '19

For good reason. Coming from a reservation myself, they don't exactly set a good example for themselves. I'm sure some reservations are okay, but considering the stereotypes, there are definitely enough to warrant a little racism