Indian People Today vs Blacks' and Whites' Views On Them

Black people and white people, (and asians, etc) come on in. It's time for your lesson on Indian people of today. Leave your old western movie stereotypes at the door.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• native
• indian
• real
• ndn
• stereotypes
• ignorant
• labels
• false
• brainwashed
• media
• underexposure

[BigTimeShowdown]

You keep forgetting that a lot of black and white people are part native american. I do not like you using the word "polluting"when it comes to miscegenation. If people say you dont look like an Indian it means that you probably look too white to be recognised as one (which means you are not a pure Indian). Some people in this clip looked more white and so are mixed Indian-white.

[pensmoke]

@BigTimeShowdown man you dont miss a thing do you? Captain obvious.

[tahdooahnippah]

awesome! i would like to do a video like this too but with my own experiences as a woman. i just recently did a video of me cutting all my ndn hair off cause white people kept petting me.

[pensmoke]

@tahdooahnippah lol I had a girl offer to 'buy' my hair when I had it long. No joke, seriously hahaha. And my hair is ratty when its long too.

[NDNFIREPOLICE]

Amen and wado brah ! what are we supposed to look like ? lol

[pensmoke]

Thanks for watching bro.

[stacy1981ish]

i posted something on a different page but dont think it worked im computer retarded. anyways i really liked your video thanks for making me a little less ignorant

[shannonstone1979]

When my father was young, there was one indian family in town. People looked down on them because they were different, even though the father worked hard and the mother raised several kids (10, I believe). One of those kids ended up becoming my landlord years ago and told me about the things that family went through. They truly know what discrimination is. Now, if you so much as look at an indian wrong they will want to beat you up. I know...indians in my own youth group did that.

[shannonstone1979]

I grew up in Canada in a city that was 40% native Canadians. A few of my good friends were from the reservation.  I dated a couple native Canadian guys. I don't like being grouped in with racist whites. Maybe it is different in the USA but in Canada, unfortunately, especially in Alberta and Saskatchewan a large percentage of native Canadians are on welfare and the jails are about 85-90% native Canadian.

[jmsnooks]

Well part of the problem is that the majority of people who have that range of facial features are either Mexican or white. So unless you're wearing traditional stuff then most people are going to assume that you're white or Mexican because that is what most people here are.

As for them saying "you don't look Indian." That's just stupid. Most people don't know anything about history beyond the twisted an innacurate representations found in movies.

[ladyofthewood2003]

@theatheisticlown Native american dude NDN

[ladyofthewood2003]

@eibborlee yeah my great grandfather was a full blood cherokee and I consider my self native american and am proud about it. Its all up to what you self identify with.

[uemciicmeu]

Well said. Love it at 1:21 when the buffering circle makes it look like an earring on that guy's ear:-)  Oh, and btw, do you know that "Tonto" means "stupid" in Spanish?

[uemciicmeu]

Well said. Love it at 1:21 when the buffering circle makes it look like an earring on that guy's ear:-)