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Originally Posted by frazod
When was the last time you heard someone refer to a Native American as a "redskin"?
For me, that would be "never."
It's not like the Lakota are making rap videos calling each other redskins. Do you think gangs of young Cheyennes roll up on each other saying "Yo, redskin, I'm gonna bust a cap in yo ass"?
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..it orignated in Europe in the 1500's with the Beothuks from Newfoundland who painted themselves with red ochre..it was a sign of tribal IDENTITY..the absence of red ochre was considered a form of punishment.
Later, in America, it was used to replace the term scalps.