Comment on Native Americans?
njm1314@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I’m not sure if this is correct, so feel free to correct me if I’m wrong, but I think a lot of responses of this thread aren’t understanding the question. From my reading it sounds like you were asking if a lot of Native American people in the United States are maybe deprived of their Heritage and tradition and labeled as Hispanic and have lost their roots? Like, I don’t know, maybe children forcibly relocated and told they are hispanic? Is that what you’re asking?
obbeel@lemmy.eco.br 1 day ago
Not children. People of any age. They’re dark skinned, sometimes slightly dark skinned. They look like japanese, sometimes they don’t. Sometimes they’re hispanic without a spanish surname. They’re not told they’re hispanic, they’re just marked as hispanic by the demographics. They don’t need to be told what they are for people to oppress them.
That’s how it works: you mark someone as something and don’t give a shit about what they think about it. Sometimes, the person just thinks: “This is how I look like, and this is what my family looks like, so I’m correct and don’t know anything about this heritage thing.”.
They don’t need to be told anything, that’s how it works.
njm1314@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Yes I just picked children as an example. Although probably the best one considering there wouldn’t be parents there to tell them about their heritage. Not impossible to happen otherwise but much easier that way. That is what you’re asking though yes?