I once saw a woman who was Native American dressed as Pocahontas, be told by a white woman that what she was wearing was offensive to all Native Americans and she should know because she is 1/16 Native American (she said a tribe but I don't remember it). The woman dressed as Pocahontas just looked the other woman dead in the eye and said "Ma'am I am FULL BLOODED Native American and if this offended me I wouldn't have took the job." She was a kids birthday party entertainer.
This happen at a gas station so she was probably going or coming from a party.
I've never understood how the government got natives to care about blood quantum. How Native your blood is isn't something natives really used to care about then the BIA came in and did a bunch of shit and now some tribes won't even count you if you aren't some arbitrary fraction and now people throw out numbers like it means anything. She threw out that 1/16 like it magically made her an authority on what's ok regard Native culture. What you are is in your heart and your mind not your blood. I'm mixed myself and I'm more Native than some full bloods and it's a saddening thing to experience. Watching your culture die before your eyes.
I think it is like
1/2 means one of your parents was full blooded
1/4 means one of your grandparents was full blooded
1/8 means one of your greatgrandparents was full blooded
So...
1/16 is one of your greatgreatgrandparents was full blooded.
Or at least this is what I assume she thought.
I just thought she was a witch with a B.
The fractions don't mean much about how longs it's been since there was a full blood in the line cause if two people of the same fraction have a kid that kid is the same fraction. For example you could have a family that's all half bloods but as I said before natives didn't use to care about how native your blood was before the white government started caring about it and fucked with our shit over it. A lot of natives don't care (at least with my tribe) about it still cause those that are still part of the culture know that being native is in your heart and mind not your blood.
You can easily be 1/16th something. I know some people that are like 1/64 something. A lot of white people are mixes of a bunch of euro nations and talk about how they are like 1% this and 2% that and so forth
I agree with the sentiment but also don't go out of the way to be offensive and then act like this when someone gets offended because that's not them being sensitive, that's just you being a dick.
This happen at a gas station so she was probably going or coming from a party.
1/2 means one of your parents was full blooded
1/4 means one of your grandparents was full blooded
1/8 means one of your greatgrandparents was full blooded
So...
1/16 is one of your greatgreatgrandparents was full blooded.
Or at least this is what I assume she thought.
I just thought she was a witch with a B.
No matter what you do or say (including nothing) someone will be offended
TELLING ME HOW TO BE OFFENDED
*sounds that should only be made by dying animals*