Reply #10: "Other-than-whiteness" has always been disrespected [View All]

[Brewman_Jax]

in the racist caste system. Most white people think it's somehow cute or some (bizarre) sign of respect to acknowledge the not-white part of the lineage, esp. when they say that they're "part Cherokee" (why only Cherokee when there are 337 federally recognized North American Indian tribes and the native Hawaiians, I'll never understand. :eyes: --it's a pet peeve of mine.) like it's adding spice to a recipe, and I find that disrespectful, in addition to being statistically unlikely--unless they can actually prove it. Even if they can, it's still disrespectful because they aren't actually Indian or raised on the reservation, they're white. I've never heard ANY white person (except the white decendants of Sally Hemings on The Oprah Show) ever claim to be part black.

In the racist caste system, you're white, with the rights and privileges thereof, or not-white, with the duties and burdens thereof.