Mardi Gras Indians parade in New Orleans on Mardi Gras Day, February 5, 2008.
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To Burnsswettgrass:Do your research and study your black history before you speak. Black Indians have been around since slavery, not renegades,but as members of the tribes. Many blacks ,like myself have some form of Indian heritage within their line.Many don’t know of this history, because the U.S.government doesn’t tell all in their history books.
Retire the Mardi Gras Minstrels!
The Mardi Gras Indians are doing nothing more than putting on a red-
face minstrel show. They do not honor Native Americans. The whole
thing is so self-serving. If people of African descent cannot
understand how this is insulting to us Native people, how can they understand our
other societal issues? How can they claim to stand in solidarity
with us fighting for social justice if they can’t see how this
derogatory minstrelsy offends and wounds us?
July 16th, 2009 at 12:13 pm
To Burnsswettgrass:Do your research and study your black history before you speak. Black Indians have been around since slavery, not renegades,but as members of the tribes. Many blacks ,like myself have some form of Indian heritage within their line.Many don’t know of this history, because the U.S.government doesn’t tell all in their history books.
July 17th, 2009 at 11:58 pm
so technical. look into the history of the african american “mardi gras” indians. observe the quotations “mardi gras”…
July 18th, 2009 at 6:46 am
Retire the Mardi Gras Minstrels!
The Mardi Gras Indians are doing nothing more than putting on a red-
face minstrel show. They do not honor Native Americans. The whole
thing is so self-serving. If people of African descent cannot
understand how this is insulting to us Native people, how can they understand our
other societal issues? How can they claim to stand in solidarity
with us fighting for social justice if they can’t see how this
derogatory minstrelsy offends and wounds us?