Unfiltered Story #279601

(My brother and I were watching Pocohantas as kids. It is the scene when she and John Smith are kissing. Mom looks up from her sewing and grins.)

Mom: “Look at her, kissing that white boy ahahaha.”

Me: “Mom! Don’t be racist.”

Mom: “I didn’t think Indians kissed. I don’t think they knew how to kiss.”

Me: “They’re human, of course they do! And it’s Native American, not Indian.”

Mom: “I just thought — wait, they’re not the same?! Indian and native Americans, I mean?”

(I explained to her. She still can’t believe they’re not the same and she was 40 at the time…)