Are there any other people who are lost?

Question

To one culture I'm considered either an 'apple' or a 'lost bird', yet to another I'm considered a "savage" or a "scrounger".

I was adopted when I was 2 and I'm a full blood Native Cree Indian, I've lived in 2 different countries, the UK and Canada and have never felt fully accepted by either, apart from my few true friends.

I know they are who should matter but why do people put so much emphasis on my background? I am who I am as a person, but I will reply honestly to the question "So what heritage do you have?", I just hate the unexpected hateful responses I get sometimes.

Does anyone else of either mixed race or living in a "different culture" to their own get this sometimes?

Answer 1

I'm full blooded Irish. When I tell people that some of them make dumb *** remarks. I have a whole day to celebrate my heritage and idiots use it to get drunk and act like morons. To them, I'm a drunk catholic. My experiences are obviously not as bad as yours but all I can say is that you should be proud of your heritage whether it's mocked or not. I'm sorry people are jerks to you. You have a great nationality. It's to bad people just can't be people and not just what are ancestors were.

Answer 2

well my friend, embrace the Tao which is theoretically chinese.

I'm white Canadian. You don't sound savage to me?

Where I work, the place is so racially mixed, you'd fit in just fine. Come back to Canada and go into a technical field. It is the place to be.

Cheers Rostov

In terms of background, for lots of people, its a matter of curiousity. Like whether you bellow button is in or out, where your ancestors were from and how you are raised. Personally I think how you raised more important than the blood but I do think ancestry in interesting.

By the way, if you want to get in touch with native languages, some courses are offered. Someday, I'd like to learn. But either way, you are you. Again, come back to Canada. Cheers,.

Answer 3

I am white. I look white. I do not feel comfortable around most whites. There is a lot of racism among whites. I don't fit in well with the vast majority of them. Whenever I have worked in an area that has whites and other races too. I usually am more comfortable with the others. Maybe it is because I have Cherokee blood in me. Be very proud of your heratige.
Read the book "When Nickels Were Indians" by Patricia Penn Hilden

Answer 4

You are who you are; and your culture, nationality, and ethnic background are only secondary to the "real you" that is inside.