Another Stereotype of the Month entry:
Another Stereotype of the Month entry:
The card's interior calls the pseudo-Indian a "sheep Cherokee." The problem is with this or any depiction of an animal as an Indian. First, such depictions may suggest that Indians are subhuman. Second, they reinforce the idea that anyone (or any sheep) can become an Indian by dressing up as one.
Actually, "Indian" is a racial and cultural classification. One is born an Indian or (rarely) taken into a tribe by marriage or adoption. One doesn't become an Indian by emulating them.
Related links
Indian wannabes and imitators
|
. . . |
|
All material © copyright its original owners, except where noted.
Original text and pictures © copyright 2007 by Robert Schmidt.
Copyrighted material is posted under the Fair Use provision of the Copyright Act,
which allows copying for nonprofit educational uses including criticism and commentary.
Comments sent to the publisher become the property of Blue Corn Comics
and may be used in other postings without permission.