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  • From: "Robert Walton" <waltonrp AT gmail.com>
  • To: bobford79 AT yahoo.com, homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] Indians ; Homesteading and beyond ... was Corn Fed
  • Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2009 07:32:02 -0500

I don't want to cause a war of words here, but think I've missed
something. My uncle Judson's mother was Cherokee and his father of
European extraction. What is the proper way to describe his ethnicity?

I'm just wanting to get up to speed on this.

Rob - Va

On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 4:28 AM, bobf <bobford79 AT yahoo.com> wrote:
> Sandy, see my note with apology to Lynda. I've made it pretty clear that I
> support Indian grievances, but I see your point. Now, if your point was
> more about the Indian Princess part that was left over from a previous
> converstation, but I think you are talking about the other expression, of
> which I will no longer use.
>
> If my intention is to insult a person I will always be clear and I will do
> so based on 'their personal' activities, not on any group identification.
> But, I do understand how even in humor, there are ceratin expressions
> better left to b/w television shows. This is one of those, and I do not
> mind the reprimand; and if I slip again with another, don't hesitate to let
> me know.




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