We used to go for drives in Tarrytown, Sleepy Hollow, Valhalla. Great area to just take in the sights. Another great ride was along the Taconic Parkway.
The name Native American is used for what were once called American Indians.The idea is probably because they “were here first” and then pesky Europeans, etc, invaded and killed them. But really when you think about it...if you were born in the US you are a Native American.Born in Canada, a native Canadian etc.
I was born in Mass. 58 years ago. I am a Native American.My ancestors came to this
country from Britain and Ireland in the 1600s etc. Suppose someone moves here from France, legally, and gives birth to a child here.That child is a Native American (of French ancestry).
I think the term “First Nations” is used in Canada for “Canadian Indians”.
A “Native Canadian” is anyone born in Canada, regardless.
I am also a person of color (don’t say colored person! clearly not the same thing!). My color is white. Caucasian or white, but ‘white’ is a color.
We’re all in the same race. The human race.
Sanford and Son
Police officer: “These robbers, were they
colored?”
Fred: “Yeah, they was white.”
Speaking of which the parkways built on Long Island and Westchester are....wait for eeet... RACIST! Supposedly when Robert Moses oversaw their construction he saw to it the overpasses were low clearance to keep busses off those roads, the idea being few Black people owned cars before WW2 and it would discourage them from moving into the suburbs. Moses was open about his contempt for Blacks but even if that were his intentions it wouldn’t have had much of an effect since the railroads and bus companies were already expanding service into the suburbs.