Judging by the skin color - Page 3

ABENEWA KWE · 10-27-2005, 11:20 PM

That Is Just Sad .. Sad ... Sad

Hey ... But , I Have Been Called An Egyptian ... And Of Course Puerto Rican .... Then My Korean Co Worker Was Like ... Indians Look Chineese ... I Was Like Wtf ...

Anyway ... Back On The Matter At Hand .. Yeah Just Say Your Peace To The Ppl That Call Ya Names .. And Keep Ya Head Up And Don't Stop Dancing Cuz Of Them, Maybe Get Adt For Ya Tent Thou ...

Lataz

ABENEWA KWE · 10-27-2005, 11:23 PM

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Originally Posted by sweetkwe69

Thats funny about the spanish people talking to you in spanish, here in Mpls we have large latino community. Sometimes they will come up and talk to me in spanish then usually i answer back in ojibwe. The look on there faces is funny as hell but they get the hint I dont understand them as well they didnt understand a damn thing I said. Oh well. All in all I just gotta say at some point you do need to stand up for yourselves say something but not fight them.

HA HA HA!! I SAID I WAS GONNA DO THE SAME THING ...

Traditonal Lady · 12-22-2005, 01:28 PM

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Originally Posted by busy

Sorry to hear you guys are getting called names. The sad truth is people judge all the time, it just seems these people don't have a problem saying it. I wouldn't snake away though. I agree with the above posters, I mean, no don't fight, but say something. Tell they where you are from and who you are. If they don't believe you that is their problem. It doesn't change who you are. They can either except it or not, but it doesn't make you any less of an Indian either way. Indians come in all shades, just like blacks and asians. Not every Indian is brown. It just shows closed minds.

undefinedundefinedYou are so right!! Indians come in all colors and the face of Native America is changing. Cherokees have intermarried for centuries so we have a wide range of colors. We must learn to judge by a person's heart not their skin color. This skin color game was learned from the racists who came here.

Traditonal Lady · 12-22-2005, 01:31 PM

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Originally Posted by busy

Sorry to hear you guys are getting called names. The sad truth is people judge all the time, it just seems these people don't have a problem saying it. I wouldn't snake away though. I agree with the above posters, I mean, no don't fight, but say something. Tell they where you are from and who you are. If they don't believe you that is their problem. It doesn't change who you are. They can either except it or not, but it doesn't make you any less of an Indian either way. Indians come in all shades, just like blacks and asians. Not every Indian is brown. It just shows closed minds.

You are so right!! Indians come in all colors and the face of Native America is changing. Cherokees have intermarried for centuries so we have a wide range of colors. We must learn to judge by a person's heart not their skin color. This skin color game was learned from the racists who came here.

**Kakeeya** · 12-22-2005, 02:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Kiwehnzii

If I go to a powwow around here (Canada) I just go. No need to alter my skin color.

If I go to a powwow in Ohio, I take some talcum powder to sprinkle on my exposed body parts.

LMAO Ki!!

clm · 12-22-2005, 02:48 PM

it shouldnt matter your skin, you are what you are no matter. i have people always say is your son chinese or hawian or what nationality is his name

Singing Otter · 12-22-2005, 02:56 PM

Uhhhhhh stupid people come in many colors and they tend to live in clusters.....

j/k

wawasum · 12-25-2005, 05:49 PM

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Originally Posted by fancyfingers

i also am a light skinned native, i am a mother and grand mother now, ever since i was very young i wa scalled white girl, i was the light sheep of the family, i am from the Haliwa-Saponi tribe from NC. i started dancing at the age of 12, i just fell in love with Pow-wows. i have fought all my life with which, i thought i was cheated, cause of my skin color, my mother was even gonna dye my hair dark, and let me wear darker makeup at a early age, anywayz i backed out of dyeing my hair, and said to my mother and myself i dont care what people think of me, a was feeling good about myself. its ashame how people will judge the way someone looks, its even worst when its your own family, and own people doing it. so I thank God(Creator) that i have paved the the road for my children, and grand children, so that they will never have to go thru what i had to, I understand how you and your husband feels getting discourage , but dont ever let anyone make you stop doing what is apart of you and what makes you happy. stand up to anyone, no matter what, never give up. one day it will get better for you both. and you will look back and say we stood up against the odds and won. stay in that special Pow-Wow dance arena because you belong there. good luck to you both and keep your head up.

I've seen pictures of you at pow-wows...I think you look beautiful. You remind me of one of my writing teachers....
Kim Blaeser...she is amazing also..
Here is her bio...
http://www.hanksville.org/storytellers/kblaeser/

chickendad · 12-25-2005, 06:46 PM

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Originally Posted by ::ICEMAN::

lol.....yeah...just pull out your Indian card...haha...
or your CIB....hehe....
I've had a few run'in's with that too. One woman from Korea...asked me if I was Korean...lolz...and most think I'm hispanic........hahahahahahahaha....too funny.

CIB, Combat Infantrymen's Badge, I got one Ha Ha.

chickendad · 12-25-2005, 06:55 PM

When I was young, I wore my hair long and my skin was darker and people always asked if I was Native. Now I have have to wear my hair short and my skin is like yellow durning the winter and dark in the summer. Who knows. Try being only 1/4 Native. We get it from all directions. People wonder why I try only to live the Red way. I've read stories, most likely written by the white side, that said some Native leaders were of fair skin, or hazzle eyes, lighter and wavy hair. Who really knows the truth. But like those of us on the East, our blood has been mixed for so many years and it's going to spread through out. Just keep the old ways the best we can, accept each other who wish to walk the Spirit path, and never hate.

powwowchic · 06-03-2008, 12:52 AM

yea...
there is nothin' wrong with being light skinned (as long as ur ndn...lol jk)

When you're darker like me, people always assume your mexican.
then when i tell them I'm not mexican I'm Indian aka: Native American, they always look at me like i'm some kinda liar

but its easy to get over it

**CandaePrincess** · 06-03-2008, 10:22 AM

I know right...Like, "you can't be native american...they don't exist anymore." ROFL. Like we're extinct. It's getting close, but not yet people. Or if you tell them you're native, they are like, whatever....you don't live in a teepee.....WTF?? Wow........apparently all other nationalities advanced along with technology, but not us. People amaze me.

steelemagnolia63 · 06-03-2008, 10:37 AM

I read this and I was thinking about how many times I have heard that there are not any Indians left, or that I am to fair skinned to be Native American.... I am very fair, I got all the Irish and Scot genes in the family... dark brown eyes and hair and lilly white skin, my brothers have dark brown hair, beautiful tan skin( that never gets sunburn) and hazel eyes and they get they can't be native cause they don't have brown eyes... so it amazes me that in this century we are still judged by the color of our skins... I don't think that we were ever Red... well I am after a weekend at a pow-wow or gathering.

I guess that I just blow them off because I know who I am, and I am happy in my skin no matter what color it is... tell the people that are nay sayers that to bite you....

handgame_native · 06-03-2008, 05:17 PM

to the original poster - People are going to be awful. I"ve seen it my whole life between different Indians, but don't let it get you down. Keep dancing hard. I was always proud of my lighter skinned relatives when they danced and placed. So out dance them and if they are still awful then call them up in front of the dance and explain who you are and what you are doing and pay them off. (or is that just a southern thing?)

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Good luck to you.

10-27-2005, 11:20 PM	#41 (permalink)
ABENEWA KWE Teen Dancer Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Schenectady, NY Posts: 348	That Is Just Sad .. Sad ... Sad Hey ... But , I Have Been Called An Egyptian ... And Of Course Puerto Rican .... Then My Korean Co Worker Was Like ... Indians Look Chineese ... I Was Like Wtf ... Anyway ... Back On The Matter At Hand .. Yeah Just Say Your Peace To The Ppl That Call Ya Names .. And Keep Ya Head Up And Don't Stop Dancing Cuz Of Them, Maybe Get Adt For Ya Tent Thou ... Lataz __________________ "When the forest weeps, the Anishinabe who listens will look back at the years. In each generation of Ojibway there will be a person who will hear the si-si-gwa-d, who will listen and remember and pass it on to the children." "Night Flying Woman"

12-22-2005, 02:56 PM	#47 (permalink)
Singing Otter Gotz ta be me! Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: North Carolina Posts: 3,400 Blog Entries: 2	Uhhhhhh stupid people come in many colors and they tend to live in clusters..... j/k __________________ Masquerading as a normal person day after day is exhausting!

06-03-2008, 10:22 AM	#52 (permalink)
CandaePrincess ..................... Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: where it's at Posts: 9,555	I know right...Like, "you can't be native american...they don't exist anymore." ROFL. Like we're extinct. It's getting close, but not yet people. Or if you tell them you're native, they are like, whatever....you don't live in a teepee.....WTF?? Wow........apparently all other nationalities advanced along with technology, but not us. People amaze me. __________________ Mussy by birth.....Native by the Grace of God.......

06-03-2008, 10:37 AM	#53 (permalink)
steelemagnolia63 AKA...Falling Leaves Join Date: May 2007 Location: Pennsylvania, how did that happen?? Posts: 110	I read this and I was thinking about how many times I have heard that there are not any Indians left, or that I am to fair skinned to be Native American.... I am very fair, I got all the Irish and Scot genes in the family... dark brown eyes and hair and lilly white skin, my brothers have dark brown hair, beautiful tan skin( that never gets sunburn) and hazel eyes and they get they can't be native cause they don't have brown eyes... so it amazes me that in this century we are still judged by the color of our skins... I don't think that we were ever Red... well I am after a weekend at a pow-wow or gathering. I guess that I just blow them off because I know who I am, and I am happy in my skin no matter what color it is... tell the people that are nay sayers that to bite you.... __________________ Life should not be measured by the number of things that we aquire on our journey but by the number of lives that we touch along that road.

12-22-2005, 02:48 PM	#46 (permalink)
clm malachys mama Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: MA Posts: 60	it shouldnt matter your skin, you are what you are no matter. i have people always say is your son chinese or hawian or what nationality is his name

12-25-2005, 06:55 PM	#50 (permalink)
chickendad Junior Dancer Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Southwest Virginia Posts: 243	When I was young, I wore my hair long and my skin was darker and people always asked if I was Native. Now I have have to wear my hair short and my skin is like yellow durning the winter and dark in the summer. Who knows. Try being only 1/4 Native. We get it from all directions. People wonder why I try only to live the Red way. I've read stories, most likely written by the white side, that said some Native leaders were of fair skin, or hazzle eyes, lighter and wavy hair. Who really knows the truth. But like those of us on the East, our blood has been mixed for so many years and it's going to spread through out. Just keep the old ways the best we can, accept each other who wish to walk the Spirit path, and never hate.

06-03-2008, 12:52 AM	#51 (permalink)
powwowchic Pow Wow Visitor Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 3	yea... there is nothin' wrong with being light skinned (as long as ur ndn...lol jk) When you're darker like me, people always assume your mexican. then when i tell them I'm not mexican I'm Indian aka: Native American, they always look at me like i'm some kinda liar but its easy to get over it

06-03-2008, 05:17 PM	#54 (permalink)
handgame_native Junior Dancer Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: over the river and through the woods Posts: 102	to the original poster - People are going to be awful. I"ve seen it my whole life between different Indians, but don't let it get you down. Keep dancing hard. I was always proud of my lighter skinned relatives when they danced and placed. So out dance them and if they are still awful then call them up in front of the dance and explain who you are and what you are doing and pay them off. (or is that just a southern thing?) . Good luck to you.