Discussion Question to America cels about the word "Indian"

[FinnCel]

Why do you just have one word?
Indian can refer to native Americans our people of Asian origin.

In Finnish we have
Intiaani (native American)
Intialainen (actual indian)

And the ironic part is that we don't have much contact with either

 

[TheSecondComing]

red people and gas station owners

 

[FinnCel]

red people and gas station owners

Isn't that kinda racist?

 

[TheSecondComing]

Isn't that kinda racist?

uhhhhhhh maybe

 

[FinnCel]

uhhhhhhh maybe

Over for racistCels

 

[TheBasedCel]

Isn't that kinda racist?

@TheSecondComing is one of them

 

[TheSecondComing]

@TheSecondComing is one of them

source?

 

[chadalwayswins]

Just call them curries

 

[TheBasedCel]

source?

I met @TheSecondComing he was a
Genuine, down to earth guy with a welcoming sense of humor.

 

[TheSecondComing]

I met @TheSecondComing he was a
Genuine, down to earth guy with a welcoming sense of humor."

i love u

 

[Tallcel]

Hindustani = curry = Indian (dot)
Indios = indigenous = native = Indian (feather)

 

[JohnDoe]

The Indians (people who were here before us) are now called first nations people. (In Canada at least)

 

[Deleted member 21760]

In Arabic we have two words of indian. For Indians of India we use the word Al-Hunud and for the indigenous people of America we use the expression Al-Hunud Al-Humr (it literally means Red Indians). We call them Red Indians because of their reddish skin color.

 

[Deleted member 20434]

I’ve yet to see a Native American before in my life

 

[fast_curry]

I vaguely remember in my history lesson we were told that when the colonizers first arrived at NA, they were actually convinced that they arrived at curryland by circling around the earth. When they finally realized that the locals didn't make curry, it was too late to change the already fucked up terminology.

 

[Tallcel]

I’ve yet to see a Native American before in my life

Yeah I've seen a few but most are heavily mixed with European settlers

 

[Deleted member 20434]

Yeah I've seen a few but most are heavily mixed with European settlers

Arent u sure those aren’t latinos?

 

[stupid dream]

Yeah I've seen a few but most are heavily mixed with European settlers

I hate this mix, it's absolutely a creatura waiting to be born

 

[Tallcel]

Arent u sure those aren’t latinos?

Yeah.

 

[AlexanderTheGreat11]

Thrown as an insult in some places

 

[Admiral_Arkantos]

The Indians (people who were here before us) are now called first nations people. (In Canada at least)

Tbh. The only time I hear people refer to the natives as indian are my grandparents, and even then they say amerindian

 

[Deleted member 22907]

Indier = curries

Indianer = native americans

IN swedish

 

[Ellsworth]

We call the natives Indians because we don’t care enough about them to call them a proper name. They are dirty disgusting savages to us.

 

[Yerberito]

Not a burgercel

 

[lightskin2thousand0]

We call the natives Indians because we don’t care enough about them to call them a proper name. They are dirty disgusting savages to us.

heya hoya heya hoya heya hoya heya hoya

 

[Deleted member 22999]

red people and gas station owners

 

[Deleted member 2686]

In Arabic we have two words of indian. For Indians of India we use the word Al-Hunud and for the indigenous people of America we use the expression Al-Hunud Al-Humr (it literally means Red Indians). We call them Red Indians because of their reddish skin color.

I thought Al Hind was Arabic for Indian(dot)?

 

[failmaxxed]

Just call them curries

not the same, actual curries are truecels, meanwhile the red Indians are tall and chad tier bone structure and have a better skin colour

 

[Deleted member 21760]

I thought Al Hind was Arabic for Indian(dot)?

Al-Hind is the Arabic word for India.

 

[SkinjobCatastrophe]

Its leftover from when people called central america the west indies because they thought they had crossed the pacific and reached india, before they knew america even existed. I call people from america native americans and i call people from india indians and most people here dont just say “indian” to refer to native americans anymore.

But even if they use the same word you still know which theyre theyre talking about from the context.

The whole naming scheme is stupid, though, because there are also native americans from central and south america who are not called native americans, but usually “latinos” or “hispanics”. Or sometimes they are just called mexicans.

 

[Napoleon de Geso]

In lithuanian we have
Indėnai (native American)
Indai (actual indian)
Indai (dishes)

 

[ItsOver4cel]

Just call them curries

 

[Deleted member 16624]

red people and gas station owners

thesecondcoming confirmed white nationalist

 

[TheSecondComing]

thesecondcoming confirmed white nationalist

penis

 

[Damo the incel]

In lithuanian we have
Indėnai (native American)
Indai (actual indian)
Indai (dishes)

11cm

 

[Emba]

I’ve yet to see a Native American before in my life

I partied with a group in Arizona once. Nice bunch of fellas.

Spoiler

woke up in the drunk tank!

 

[Deleted member 19971]

Blame Columbus for this.
He thought he discovered India when he arrived in the Americas.