Fighting Ignorance With Ignorance, Part 2
(I am working in the clothing section of a department store when I overhear this conversation. I work with a very nice woman who moved to America from India about ten years ago.)
Mother: “Did you find everything you needed, hon?”
Child: “Yep! A really nice Indian lady helped me.”
Mother: “No, no! We don’t say Indian. We say ‘Native American.'”
Child: “No, mom, not that kind of Indian. One from India!”
Mother: “Don’t be silly, hon. We took their country from them, not gave them one.”
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