[Steve-J27830]

As white people, we have been repeatedly told to embrace multiculturism and diversity. Your question reinforces the axiom of “you’re damned if you do and damned if you don’t.” By that I mean that society demands that we explore and accept Native American and other cultures, but then when we try to do just that, we are criticized for doing it because we don’t live in the community. I suspect Native Americans and other groups don’t like or appreciate what they see as “white do-gooders” in their community anyway, and many whites realize this. So maybe that’s why many whites are just content to let their tax dollars and charitable contributions work for the benefit of the communities. Also, most people don’t realize the extremely high percentage of whites (as well as blacks) who have Native American in their ancestry. I heard recently that 97 percent of whites whose families have been in America more than 150 years descend from Native Americans on at least one branch of their family tree. The same source said 90 percent of whites whose families have been here more than 150 years descend from at least one black person in their lineage. So wanting to honor or join you may not be as far-fetched as you seem to think.

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Name : Steve-J27830, Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Age : 42, City : Warrensburg, State : MO, Country : United States, Education level : 2 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, 

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