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Blue Kitty:
Has any Native American group come out and said, "What the fuck" yet? I imagine it will happen some time soon

Blyss:
Actually, we tend to just sit back and laugh at all the "palefaces" (Please note: I don't particularly think in this manner, because I myself have been called a caucasion indian, since I'm pretty pale for a native american).  We especially thought it was funny when Phoenix had a mountain named 'Squaw Peak'.  They eventually realized what it actually meant, and changed it.

 :lol:

jwhouk:
Oh, you mean Piestewa Peak?

Blyss:

--- Quote from: jwhouk on 05 Oct 2012, 17:58 ---Oh, you mean Piestewa Peak?

--- End quote ---

That'd be the one.  They even changed the name of the parkway too.  My friends and I all laughed at that constantly.  And actually, in reaction to Johnny Depp playing this part, he was made an honorary Comanche.  Some of my friends were actually there, and got pics with him, and he was really nice according to all accounts.   :-D

dps:
Well, I wasn't much interested in seeing this anyway.  I'm not a fan of Depp, and Verbinski seems to "borrow" a lot of his visual style from Burton, whose visual aesthetics I quite dislike.

Is Tonto's appearance racist?  I don't know.  It's stupid and laughable, but while racism is undoubtedly stupid, not all stupidity is racist.

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