Date: 2010-04-30 14:29 Subject: (no subject) Security: Public Tags: rant

 This is something that bothers me so I decided I'd rant about it here.

I have family on my mother's side that I can trace back to the second landing at Jamestown. My father's side doesn't go back quite that far, but they do go back to the pre-Revolution. I have family on both sides such that I have relatives that fought in every major American conflict, including both sides of the Civil War. My nearest migrated relatives are seven generations back on both sides. I even have a marginal amount (like 1/152) of native blood in me. So, pray tell, does that not make me a 'native' American? 

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User: bar_ohki Date: 2010-05-01 00:10 (UTC) Subject: (no subject)

I know it's not a race but the US government treats it like a racial status. Couldn't tell you why.

That makes sense, in a way.

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