[Dan27359]

That goes on a lot here in the west. People who are about 1/32 Indigenous trying to identify with Indigenous culture in an almost patronizing manner. I think a lot of it might be romanticism, and when someone hears about their great great grandfather who was 1/16 Choctaw they think it gives them license to take it and run with it. I don’t really see it as a negative, but I can see how it is patronizing, naive and unrealistically escapist (from ‘bland’ anglo culture, etc.). Another phenomenon is Chicanos identifying with the Nations of Mexico (Aztecs, Toltecs, etc.), although we do have such license because the majority of us are mestizo (Indian Spanish mix) and the label ‘Hispanic’ doesn’t really apply.

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Name : Dan27359, Gender : M, Race : Hispanic/Latino (may be any race), Religion : Pentecostal, Age : 22, City : Los Angeles, State : CA, Country : United States, Occupation : Student, Education level : 2 Years of College, Social class : Lower middle class, 

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