When you try to inject race, but it backfires...

[Superman]

White Settlers Wiped Miles of Cherokee Trails Off the Map. This Man Is Reclaiming Them.

These routes once snaked through the towering woods of Appalachia, before they were lost to history. Lamar Marshall has spent a decade painstakingly mapping them, and their rich history.

getpocket.com

 

[Djfan]

What are you getting at? The dude seems a bit whacky and sold on himself, but I don't see backfiring racism.

 

[wig]

That article was just way too ******* long. I need the cliffs notes version.

 

[Steeltime]

That article was just way too ******* long. I need the cliffs notes version.

White man, gun-loving Republican no less, also likes outdoors and documenting Indian trails and long-forgotten Indian sites.

 

[Superman]

What are you getting at? The dude seems a bit whacky and sold on himself, but I don't see backfiring racism.

white men destroyed the Indian trails. naturally, you'd think a group of minorities is now building back better those same trails.

nah. its a white dude.

 

[DBS1970]

white men destroyed the Indian trails. naturally, you'd think a group of minorities is now building back better those same trails.

nah. its a white dude.

That's because white people have privilege or something.

 

[tapeANaspirin2it]

Native Americans lived free and thrived. Then they depended on government for 100 years and lived horrible lives. Then they decided to try out some capitalism and build casinos and now things are getting better, at least until they get scammed out of the profits by the government.

 

[hamster]

I wonder what happened to that white privilege?



A recent survey has found that 34% of its white respondents admitted to lying about being part of a racial minority to boost their chances of getting accepted into college.

Taking advantage: The survey, which questioned 1,250 white college applicants aged 16 and up, discovered that 34% of them lied in their applications, according to Intelligent.

• Forty-eight percent of them falsely claimed to be of Native American descent, and about 9% of them lied about being Asian American or Pacific Islander. Around 81% of the students who lied said they did it to increase their chances of getting admitted to their preferred schools, while 50% hoped to benefit from minority-focused financial aid.

Survey: 34% of white college students lied about their race to improve their admission, financial aid odds

A recent survey has found that 34% of its white respondents admitted to lying about being part of a racial minority to boost their chances of getting accepted into college. Taking advantage: The survey, which questioned 1,250 white college applicants aged 16 and up, discovered that 34% of them...

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