Originally posted by Dr. Dilznick+Oct 6 2005, 08:47 PM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Dr. Dilznick @ Oct 6 2005, 08:47 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteBegin-jonb
Cherokee princess relatives
It's not just white girls, light-skinned black women also. It's like a badge of honor. In our long history of rehashing past injustices, nothing says victim more than being black
and Indian. It gives you the ultimate advantage to lay a guilt trip on any white (talk about pulling yourself up by the bootstraps). Plus, having Indian in you gives you good conversation when people compliment you on your "good hair." Redbones love attention so claiming that they're Indian gives them more ammunition to talk about them. You'll never see a black ass Negress claiming she has Indian in her. Always redbones and high-yellows. And 99% of them are Cherokee, when they don't know nothing else but Jeeps.
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Wow,
Now you are really going there! Having been called alternately "redbone" and "high yalla" either as a perceived compliment by deluded males or with much eye rolling by hating females all my life I find this a fascinating assessment.
Most people who have some degree of African ancestry that are not recent ( last 3 generations) immigrants to this country , probably have major gaps in their family histories. They have been told which categories they may check according to the outer manifestation of their race or ethnicity. Though some perhaps have attempted to escape the issues that many other darker people of color in this country have experienced by reaching for long gone or apocryphal ancestry. there are others who legitimately are of partial Native American Ancestry. They may not have the documentation but that does not make it any less legit.
As for knowing anything about the culture in order to embrace it, there are many Americans of all shades for whom the exploration of ancestral culture is a constant journey, that does not take away their right to be. I have one cousin who is a doctor who had to quickly bone up on his Spanish because he was called upon in the emergency room on a constant basis to translate for recent immigrants. His father, a white Mexican, made it a point that he would speak only English at home because he wanted his children not to have to deal with the issues of discrimination because of a language barrier. Is my cousin legitimately of latin descent , absolutely ! But that didnt help him when all he could say was "Que pasa!"
As for darker women of color not calling up their "Chair-okee ancestors... I dont know who you have been around. I know plenty who will let you know in a heartbeat about their native ancestry, dye their hair colors God never intended, wear extensions long enough to break their necks and contact lenses that might scare an alien! Why do they do it? Didnt we all grow up globally reading and having affirmed for us that "Blonds have more fun?"
So, I guess we all have a lot of growing to do. By the way, from what I have heard from a number of native friends here in town it usually is the burned out and deluded hippy from yesteryear who generally arrives at pow wows dressed up in regalia of unknown origin refering to themselves as Princess Peace out! WHen I have asked if it is offensive, I usually get the "Its all good" response! LOL!
Finally, I too have some native american blood in my family ancestry, but I usually dont let anyone in on my secret Monig tribal name "Princess-takes-no-prisoners-and-kicks-much-ass-when-provoked! "
Trying to keep it real, when its really unreal out here,
Naughty