[Donny_Brasco]

ShepherdsDog wrote:

early asian immigrants

If people someday travel to the moon or some other uninhabited planet to live will they be immigrants?

Just wondering, because "immigrant" typically refers to a person moving to an already inhabited area.

Maybe "migrant" is a more suitable term IDK.

[Donny_Brasco]

Oh, and the answer is all of the above. If someone gets pissed off because you called them an Indian or an Aboriginal or whatever, and if you didn't use the adverb "fucking" or "drunkin" in front of it tell them to fuck right off.

That is what I say to New Zealanders or Scottish when I mistake their accents for Australians or English by accident and they get offended. Hey, at least I was trying to be nice.

Hey shep, throw another shrimp on the barbie buddy!

[EyeBrock]

Donny, I agree. There is no need at all to say some of the things that have been said to you because of the the 'native' or aboriginal' label. That stuff is just pure racism.

However, you know I will take you to task when you start to whine about things that really are a reverse opinion of the bigots you decry.

[andyt]

First Nations - what does that make the rest of us, second nations?

Natives - isn't anybody born in Canada a native Canadian? Unless it's meant in "the natives are restless" context - not complimentary to anybody

Aboriginals - at least correct. I like to shorten it to abo tho, and that seems to get everybody all excited

Indians - too confusing now that we have so many real Indians living here. But then I guess they are Indo-Canadians.

What about Red Man, since aboriginals seem to like to call us White Man?

What about Canadian to describe anybody who is a Canadian citizen, no matter how long they've been here? Since aboriginals now have all the rights of other Canadians (and then some) how about assuming the same responsibilities (ie pay taxes) and we can all just be Canadian together and buy each other Cokes.

[PublicAnimalNo9]

RUEZ wrote:

I actually saw someone say that Eskimo was an offensive title. Is that true? What's offensive about calling someone an Eskimo?

Eskimo is a derogatory term given them by the Algonquins. Eskimo means "eaters of raw meat". It was the Algonquin's way of referring to the Inuit as savages.

[commanderkai]

I'm used to saying Natives. I never liked the term "First Nations" myself, and Aboriginal just...meh. Indian isn't really usable, since it was Columbus' mistake when he thought he was in the East Indies (which I think he figured he was in Indonesia, not India), plus Indians (who I commonly refer to South Asians anyway, to prevent pissed off Pakistanis) are more common in North America to really use it anymore.