Comments on: Who Knew? http://susiemadrak.com/2008/05/08/09/40/who-knew-5/ Keeping a jaundiced eye on the corporate media. Sat, 05 Jul 2008 22:00:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: zuzu http://susiemadrak.com/2008/05/08/09/40/who-knew-5/#comment-142984 zuzu Fri, 09 May 2008 16:37:53 +0000 http://susiemadrak.com/?p=24767#comment-142984 Remember Donald Trump and his "They don't even look like Indians!" crap when he was trying to block the Pequots from opening a casino in Connecticut and affecting his business in AC? Remember Donald Trump and his “They don’t even look like Indians!” crap when he was trying to block the Pequots from opening a casino in Connecticut and affecting his business in AC?

]]> By: mbw http://susiemadrak.com/2008/05/08/09/40/who-knew-5/#comment-142868 mbw Thu, 08 May 2008 21:12:03 +0000 http://susiemadrak.com/?p=24767#comment-142868 Phein, "Indianness" is not a racial construct - it is a political and cultural one. Even the NYTimes didn't "get it", as they declared Loving's parents "part" this tribe and that, despite Loving herself identifying as Indian; don't you think her parents probably also identified as Indian? So why the decision to strip her identity and remake her as African-American? Is the one-drop rule still in effect in the US? Loving's identity was appropriated as much by blacks as whites, as she "looked" black to both. Many Indians today get the same crap - that somehow you can "see" citizenship or cultural identity. Here in California, tribes are denigrated if they're membership appears too Latino; in Oklahoma, Cherokees, who determine citizenship solely by lineal descent are often treated as "fake" Indians due to many possessing fairer hair and skin tone. Phein, “Indianness” is not a racial construct - it is a political and cultural one. Even the NYTimes didn’t “get it”, as they declared Loving’s parents “part” this tribe and that, despite Loving herself identifying as Indian; don’t you think her parents probably also identified as Indian? So why the decision to strip her identity and remake her as African-American? Is the one-drop rule still in effect in the US?

Loving’s identity was appropriated as much by blacks as whites, as she “looked” black to both. Many Indians today get the same crap - that somehow you can “see” citizenship or cultural identity. Here in California, tribes are denigrated if they’re membership appears too Latino; in Oklahoma, Cherokees, who determine citizenship solely by lineal descent are often treated as “fake” Indians due to many possessing fairer hair and skin tone.

]]> By: phein http://susiemadrak.com/2008/05/08/09/40/who-knew-5/#comment-142855 phein Thu, 08 May 2008 19:17:35 +0000 http://susiemadrak.com/?p=24767#comment-142855 Most so-called "African-Americans" are genetically as much Native American as they are European or African. One can fairly easily -- as such things go in DNA testing, which is absolutely nothing like it is shown in pop-fiction -- analyze for haploid genotype and determine biological inheritance, but 'race' remains a social construct, and there ain't no DNA test for those. Most so-called “African-Americans” are genetically as much Native American as they are European or African. One can fairly easily — as such things go in DNA testing, which is absolutely nothing like it is shown in pop-fiction — analyze for haploid genotype and determine biological inheritance, but ‘race’ remains a social construct, and there ain’t no DNA test for those.

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