CMV: People should stop using the argument that Native Americans should be referred to as members of their tribe instead
A lot of the time, when the argument comes up over what to call people who are descendants of the people who lived in the Americas (and generally who were in the US) before Columbus arrived (I will be referring to these people as Native Americans for simplicity), some people will say that those people should be and prefer to be referred to as members of their tribe. You shouldn't call them Native Americans, or Indigenous Americans, or anything else; you should call them the Navajo people or the Choctaw people.
But I feel this argument is senseless. Native Americans are each part of their own tribal nation, yes. But that doesn't mean using a word to collectively refer to them isn't useful, and that's why people are asking/debating over a term in the first place. Even if a term that fit that criteria would be referring to a highly diverse group of people, we already have and use terms like that for other groups of people. For example, people often use the words "European" and "Asian", even though, like "Native American" and other terms for those people, those words refer to people from many different nations and many different cultures, religions, languages, and ethnicities. Having a
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Looking at this, the signal is clear, the strategy less so That’s the key detail here. That’s the impression it gives me.
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Putting bias aside, this feels rushed rather than thought through and that’s why this won’t land the same for everyone
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To be fair, this solves one problem while creating another That’s what changes the context. Interested to see the follow-up. That’s just my read on it.
there’s a gap between the message and the outcome
the intention might be solid, the rollout less so which is why the comments look the way they do That’s the key detail here. That’s just how it reads to me. Others will probably see it differently.
If we’re being honest, the framing does a lot of heavy lifting here At least from my perspective.
Real talk, the timing matters more than people admit so the response doesn’t surprise me That’s just how it reads to me. Others will probably see it differently.
At this point, this comes across more reactive than planned which turns this into more of a debate That’s the key detail here. That’s just my read on it.
From the outside, this feels rushed rather than thought through
I get the idea, this comes across more reactive than planned
At this point, this feels like a half-step, not a full move so the response doesn’t surprise me That’s the impression it gives me.
From where I sit, this feels more about execution than intent and that’s why this won’t land the same for everyone Not convinced this is settled yet.
If you zoom out, the follow-through is what will decide this and that tension shows up immediately Feels like there’s more coming here.
the logic is there, but the execution is uneven Interested to see the follow-up.
At this point, this solves one problem while creating another which makes the reaction pretty predictable That’s the key detail here. At least from my perspective.