Yeah, that’s something I learned working Down Under. They were not nice at all when it came to the “Abos”.
“Rule 2 - no member of the faculty is to maltreat the abos in any way whatsoever if there's anyone watching.” There’s more truth in that than the locals would probably acknowledge based on things I was told. Wife is 1/8 First Nation. Looked into getting her “qualified” or whatever you call it some years ago. Figured if we ever wanted to start a business it would be nice - woman, Native American, etc. makes for a lot of nice SBA spiffs. Turned out to be far too much of a hassle, so we dropped it. -D > On Jul 21, 2019, at 9:46 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > I believe now the "proper" term is Aboriginal peoples... > Boy the Aussies have struggled with that, but their treatment of the natives > makes the Americans look okay. > > Curt > > Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android > > On Sat, Jul 20, 2019 at 10:17 PM, Jim Cathey via > Mercedes<mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > They should now be called native > americans. > > I find that term offensive, because besides myself, chances are we are _all_ > native. > > -- Jim > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
