(April 28, 2015 at 10:27 pm)Judi Lynn Wrote: I don't think that's a factor, honestly. I think they are just a better class of people who refuse to play the martyr card.
I don't know. I think cultures are definitely different between these two sets of people, on the whole. I do think though that people pay less attention to native Americans because there's a lot fewer of them.
Having said that, who do you think is more likely to be hired with an equivalent CV? Someone from native American descent? Or an 'African' American? Do you think it's equal in terms of opportunity? I'm not so sure, from my perspective across the pond, native Americans seem to be treated with much more inherent respect than most black people.
But maybe it is like you say and their reputation is different because of the fact their culture is different. Their attitudes are different.
To me it's the community attitudes that are important, not so much whether people are justified in playing race cards or any of that other shit. So from that point of view, I agree that (from what I've seen) native Americans seem to have their shit together a lot more so than black communities do.
One thing I've noticed is native Americans have a strong sense of pride. A lot of people in black communities seem to have nothing to be proud of.
(On a slightly related note, anyone else think the term 'African American' is bloody ridiculous?)
