You'd better wise up.

In which Emily really has no good excuse for this.

As a heads up, this is probably one of those videos that will probably be unlisted in a few weeks.

And yes, yes that IS me playing the bass. You could tell by the lack of skill, couldn't you?

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[inertiatic20]

Christopher Columbus never landed on the U.S, he landed on Puerto Rico, Central and South America. And when i say Central and South America, i mean the continent not GringoWorld..

[ChateauOfADoubt]

@inertiatic20 that still doesn't quite address my question.

[suchducks]

haha do teachers really say that? REALLY?

[ChateauOfADoubt]

@suchducks I've heard teachers say it. It's such a painful thing to witness. Also, did I ever tell you about this one math teacher with a lesson on "greater then" and "less then" ? Ugh. Some things are just important.

[EvalienIsMuchBetter]

You should take other languages in account too, for example. In Dutch, we have different words for Native Americans and people from India, although they are very much alike. Native Americans are called Indiaan where people from India are called Indiër. We just use some things from a long past because no-one ever tried to change it. Did you know the width of a railroad is always the same? Because back in Rome they thought that was the perfect width for a road?

[ChateauOfADoubt]

@EvalienIsMuchBetter Oh, I absolutely think about other languages too. I can't help but assume that the word for Native Americans is also derived from the same mistake.

And I DID know that about the railroad! It's pretty interesting.

[NatKat63]

I'm Native American (Navajo to be more precise) and it definitely annoys me when people call Native Americans as Indians, but not as much as when people think all Native Americans lived in tipis (which was ONLY the Native Americans who live in the plains) and wore feathers and danced around a fire. Honestly I think that 's more insulting because all different tribes had diverse cultures.

[alphafletch]

from what i know of, some of the native american tribes LIKED being called indians. We had a powerpoint about native americans and colonists and in it they showed both terms are accepted. Although one more thing, the pledge of allegiance origanally didn't say "of the united states of america". Just i pledge allegiance, to the flag, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, with liberty and justice for all.

[HeBreaksLate]

I think it's worse that we lump all North American indigenous peoples under one name (be it "Native American" or "Indian") than what name we use. To use the same terminology to talk about the Inuit of Alaska and the Seminoles of Florida is simply disrespectful of the rich cultural histories of each of those peoples.

[editorsfan18]

He didn't land in the United States....He landed in modern San Salvador....

Really good point though. Not everyone realizes just how foolish it is to say such though it can be taken really offensively by people.

[PHvlogger]

I HATE the term "Indian". Me and my Latin American History teacher were ranting about it to the class the other day. Good times

[TheDancingDegas]

science fiction (oooh oooh) double feature!!

[splicegrrl]

hahaha... "I pledge of allegiance.." I have never heard that. Doesn't inspire much confidence, does it? I love this video.

[ubernauta]

Times change, societies change, power relations change, human condition changes and therefore... words can also change. Words have different 'meanings' in different times. I guess the group should chose the right designation/lable. However what really really should matter is effective human emancipation and autonomy.