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Re: whiteness (was Re: WTB Train Parts
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Sun, 1 Aug 1999 17:40:27 GMT
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Larry Pieniazek <lar@voyager.net> wrote in message
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> 1 - and there is a related, and rather fascinating slur: "indian giver"
> implying that an indian would give something and then snatch it back. In
> all probability the person who first said it had just encountered an
> indian who was completely baffled by the idea of ownership... and hence
> handed something over to use, then took it back.
I've always been under the impression that to be an indian giver is to act
as the US did in giving the indians some land and then coming along and
taking it back.
Jesse
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 | | whiteness (was Re: WTB Train Parts
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| Fascinating. To reiterate, I have always understood "mighty white" and "mighty christian" to be equivalent insults (to non whites and non christians, respectively). There isn't a dictionary per se to go look these up in. we build our understanding (...) (25 years ago, 1-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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