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Although I was born in the USA, and live in the USA, I feel uncomfortable thinking of aboriginal people on this continent as Indians. It is simply illogical, founded on a gross error in navigation by that Italian sailor in the employ of the Spanish.
The picture gets cloudier, however, when one realises that those whom we consider aboriginal, or native Americans may NOT be aboriginal! The recent discovery of Kennowick Man casts doubt that those claiming to be here first really were.
As for your "trigger" word, "nigger," just remove one "g" and you've got the Latin word for black, and an African country as well. Spelling and context make such a difference!
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