I don't want to be rude or anything but, why do white people love saying they are Cherokee? I mean a LOT of people really say it, I'm not saying all white people do but I just don't get it...
2007-12-25 08:12:33 · 20 answers · asked by Don't be stupid 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
A lot of people who have Cherokee ancestry like to say that they're Cherokee because they think it's cool to be native. The truth is, they don't have to deal with the real struggles that real native people face everyday because they are not native, they generally are not enrolled or affiliated with any tribe. They are white twinkie wannabe's. If a white person wants to tell me that they are part-Cherokee, or of Cherokee descent, then that's fine. But an unenrolled white person who says the words "I am Cherokee" to me usually gets all up under my skin. What white people don't seem to understand is that we don't LIKE them syaing that they're Cherokee when they're not. We think they are stealing our culture, what is rightfully ours. We are happy that they are interested in their ancestors, and we will help them learn however we can...but they are not Cherokee.
2007-12-29 05:57:34 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because our government allows native Americans minority status and all the benefits that come from that.
We don't have many Cherokee down here, but numerous other tribes, all trying to get recognized.
In some respects, it links people to a recognized heritage.
In too many cases, it's a link to government assistance.
Sorry, I am not trying to be rude or insensitive. I just feel that whatever we call ourselves we are all brothers and trying to separate ourselves into different cultural groups merely divides more than what we already are.
2007-12-25 16:28:21 · answer #2 · answered by deepndswamps 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I never heard ANYONE say that. I heard white people saying they are black but not Cherokee... Maybe they really are part Cherokee. I have no problem with that.
2007-12-25 16:16:18 · answer #3 · answered by mamu 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do not talk MICRO polo to me
Nor RE FRIG FROZEN IN THE BOX relishes
nor ever promise me CERTIFICATE OF STARS
nor try to run stripes down my back..nor tell me i have no degree to speak up..
NOR THAT I DISRESPECT A MAN IN THEIR FREEDOM
then you turn around and say i am a fool and when did history ever had a women whom not ran a show nor a white
WHITE man [WHAT EVER YOU CONSIDER WHITE]
cause there is no one whom is not pure nor entitle
to control the blood nor is there intelligence in blood culture
NOR DO DESERVE TO GET PAID ON A CERTIFICATE NOR A MAN WHOM WORKS DOES NOT DESERVE WHAT HE EARNS AND CODES NOT compensate for every cent as a white man or any man that does not know that Lincoln bill nor that an INDIAN no matter did not exist
in the mountains where they originated from or was it the Italians with their women's name on those ships that l let
you enter to pay rent AS THE TURKEY BIRD THAT REPRESENT THE PHEASANT
see what i mean and some people whom understand the
REAL WORDS OF Montezuma
as the Indian child that married that REVENGE
you should try to find that book in the library maybe you will understand what is under that
Ocean AND let the real truth come out
THE GUSH OF LAUGHTER IN THE word
as the book is called EL FED IN MY LANGUAGE IT IS called
la CHINGADA !! The NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN
Malinde !! whom only not epitomized the intelligence
and Spirit OF TODAY
but Women of all Season
so go find yourself and tell me whom is the INDIAN
go haunt yourself;s
You HEAR IT IN THE FLUTES of all mountaineers
''Shinguard '' !! VALENTINES DAY !!
the world over LOVE YOUR friends any where !!
COUNTING THE WAVES !! [SMILE]
2007-12-25 17:14:15 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I've actually never, ever met a white person who said they were Cherokee when they actually weren't. And if they are at least partly decended from the Cherokee tribe, I've got no problem with them calling themselves that.
2007-12-25 16:15:55 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
whats a Cherokee? iv never heard a white person say that.
2007-12-25 16:16:44 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's because there was a country song called "cherokee people" and the whites love that song.
2007-12-25 16:16:31 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
A lot of white people don't say that and if they do they better have the proof of ancestry. Unfortunately, if you have a speck of Native American blood you can claim it. But being "white" has nothing to do with it, there are light skinned N.A.'s.
2007-12-25 16:17:34 · answer #8 · answered by MadforMAC 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I honestly have NEVER heard of anyone saying they are cherokee when they are not.
2007-12-25 16:16:53 · answer #9 · answered by trapper1_CA T 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Compensation
2007-12-25 16:37:22 · answer #10 · answered by Ahmed Robher 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋