"Curry not casino" is one of my variations of the phrase "dot not feather" used to explain what "kind" of Indian I am. I guess it's actually kind of sad that I have to use these phrases, but you'd be surprised. I'd say 95% of the time I am asked the question about what my ethnic background is, I have to follow my answer of "Indian" with either "slurpee not casino" or "curry not casino" or if that's inappropriate I just say "Indian, like from India."
As an experiment, on occasion, I have refrained from offering my clarification and the 2nd question I receive is "oh, that's what I thought! So are you Cherokee?" Sometimes I wonder what's worse: A) me making fun of the fact that people still refer to Native Americans as Indians, even though it's derogatory? or B) that most Americans don't even realize that you shouldn't call Native American people "Indians".
Definitely option B.
Not to be taken seriously. Ramblings of a stay at home mom who finally got a job.
It took me a while to figure out what you meant by curry not casino. Lol! I'm excited to read more of your blogs Mama.
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ReplyDeleteI feel that the word Native should be removed from the term, and just be "American". Everyone else that came to America is from a heritage that is native of a foriegn land.
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