is the term Indian for American Indians politically correct or not?

[Zebra]

in German we differ ...

Indianer for American Indians
Inder for the People in India

but there is a discussion whether Indianer is politically correct


how is it in the US?

 

[Correll]

in German we differ ...

Indianer for American Indians
Inder for the People in India

but there is a discussion whether Indianer is politically correct


how is it in the US?

It is NOT politically correct. Which is why I and all good people use it.

 

[Cellblock2429]

in German we differ ...

Indianer for American Indians
Inder for the People in India

but there is a discussion whether Indianer is politically correct


how is it in the US?

/----/ You need a third option.
3. I don't care because I'm not a slave to political correctness.

 

[Muhammed]

in German we differ ...

Indianer for American Indians
Inder for the People in India

but there is a discussion whether Indianer is politically correct


how is it in the US?

Injun and curry breath.

 

[BothWings]

I don't think it should be considered derogatory....but how would you differentiate between an American Indian and a "real" Indian from INDiA? I've had some conversations where some confusion was generated.

The Vikings used to call them Skraelings, which does have some connotation of "savage" attached to.it. However, the Vikings who visited North America did not seem.to have the intention of genocide that English and Spanish colonials did.

 

[JGalt]

in German we differ ...

Indianer for American Indians
Inder for the People in India

but there is a discussion whether Indianer is politically correct


how is it in the US?

I believe the correct term is "Injuns."

That way you don't confuse them with curry-gobbling phone solicitors and 7-Eleven employees.

Edit: I see Muhammed beat me to the draw. That's what I get for not reading the whole thread before I post.

 

[Cellblock2429]

I believe the correct term is "Injuns."

That way you don't confuse them with curry-gobbling phone solicitors and 7-Eleven employees.

/------/ Indians from India can be divided into two groups.
Push start...

and pull start.

 

[Unkotare]

It's not politically incorrect, it's geographically incorrect.

 

[Zebra]

I don't think it should be considered derogatory....but how would you differentiate between an American Indian and a "real" Indian from INDiA? I've had some conversations where some confusion was generated.

that is a problem with English

in German we differ between Inder in India and Indianer in the US.

 

[JGalt]

that is a problem with English

in German we differ between Inder in India and Indianer in the US.

But at least we don't have to use gender-specific identifiers to every noun like you Germans do with your die, der, and das.

In English, a hammer is just a ******* hammer.

 

[Zebra]

But at least we don't have to use gender-specific identifiers to every noun like you Germans do with your die, der, and das.

that is not the only problem

we must now say .....

Inder and Inderinnen
Indianer and Indianerinnen

to be gender,correct

 

[luiza]

is the term Indian for American Indians politically correct or not?​

Perfect for Indians but somewhat odd for Chinese .

 

[Zebra]

in Englisch you can just say .... the French ....or the Swiss ...

but politically correct Germans must say ...
Franzosen und Französinnen
Schweizer und Schweizerinnen ...

 

[JGalt]

in Englisch you can just say .... the French ....or the Swiss ...

but politically correct Germans must say ...
Franzosen und Französinnen
Schweizer und Schweizerinnen ...

WTF??

"A “third gender” was introduced by the end of 2018 in Germany. All official documents now have to contain not only the genders male and female, but also the third gender “divers” (various/other) for intersexual or nonbinary people. Therefore, nobody has to worry about choosing one of the binary genders when they simply don’t identify with it."

 

[Zebra]

a good article!

 

[John Edgar Slow Horses]

We use it. I don't care if you.

 

[Zebra]

We use it. I don't care if you.

So you use Indian then

 

[John Edgar Slow Horses]

So you use Indian then

We refer to each other as such. Sure.

 

[Zebra]

We refer to each other as such. Sure.

 

[José]

you can also mix politically correct and incorrect terms, Zebra, like native redskins and african nig*ers.