I was born in America and lived here my whole life. Same with my parents. How is someone else more "native" than me? We all came from Africa, after all.
2006-09-05 06:18:19 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Woodrow Wilson, in addition to being a white supremacist, and the president that ordered the US government segregated, was also a "nativist" Alabaman of English ancestry and thought all the Italians, Irish and Germans should go home. My family arrived at Jamestown in 1609 and I'm sure the locals wanted them to go back where they came from.
Nativism is nonsense. My parents live in rural Illinois and their little town now has a Mexican restaurant "run by real Mexicans." Immigration is the engine of American greatness and I love it!!!
2006-09-05 06:27:27 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
'Native' comes from the Latin word 'natus', meaning 'born'. So strictly speaking, you're a native of whatever country you're born in.
But it's often used to mean 'indigenous' - ie that your ancestors were the original inhabitants and everyone else arrived later. Only problem with this is that it's difficult to be certain that anybody was 'originally' anwhere. Many historians believe that the 'Native Americans' came from Asia, crossing over the Behring Straits in prehistoric times.
So personally I reckon the 'born here' meaning is the most viable one. In which case you're as 'native' as anybody.
2006-09-05 13:22:42 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Definition of Native American
25 U.S.C. 3001(9) is amended as follows:
(9) `Native American' means of, or relating to, a tribe, people, or culture that is or was indigenous to any geographic area that is now located within the boundaries of the United States.
2006-09-05 15:03:15 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My family has lived here in Ireland for over 4 thousand years. America is a tricky subject in these terms since it is only a couple hundred years old.
2006-09-05 13:20:42 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Land belongs to God...
Not to American or African ...
when your time will come (death) you will also be kicked out and so will the "natives"..
What is the use of claiming such ownership ??
2006-09-08 09:27:24 · answer #5 · answered by Parsu 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm more native, I am a Cherokee Indian, we have always been here!
2006-09-05 13:22:31 · answer #6 · answered by ♥Poetic1♥ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋