cedarwolf opened this issue on Jun 01, 2013 · 48 posts
cedarwolf posted Sat, 01 June 2013 at 1:49 PM
It actually WAS a "please don't" and not a reverse racism rant. One of the most important things I teach my college students is that the need for research and evidence is paramount in any undertaking. To me, and I make no claims for anyone else anywhere else (and I hate the use of blind inclusives), my post was simply a request for people to take a little time and think about things. I would never "assume" to stereotype another group because I know better, being mixed race, than to make overwhelming assumptions about any group.
Yes, we tend to be a bit touchy about these things, but by and large, there wasn't a concentrated effort to commit genocide on Europeans by invading forces and then having the survivors rounded up into concentration camps where many are still detained today. They are called "Reservations" and, by and large, they are located in the most inhospitable areas possible in an orchestrated attempt to finish the job through benign negligence.
Compiling the list was simply a way of making a resource available to those who might want or need it to more accurately portray a certain population. It was not an attempt to create dissent. If that is the discussion that is wanted, we can take that discussion off this forum and find one where we can all rant, call each other names, make bold statements, and whatever comes along. This was not my point in my original post.
Thank you for patience and tollerance.