What is it with always claiming to be Cherokee? I guess that's the one First Nation white people know.
@pnh @Iron_Spike Damon Knight had a joke about that once. He referred to the Cherokees as "the white Indians"
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@HeerJeet I knew Damon, I was Damon’s editor, but I’m not sure that was his finest hour.@Iron_Spike -
@pnh@Iron_Spike Knight's joke was similar in spirit to Sherman Alexie's response to Bill Clinton.
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@HeerJeet Not the fault of Actual Existing Cherokees that white people have these weird notions about them.@Iron_Spike -
@pnh@Iron_Spike To clarify, Knight wasn't talking about genuine Cherokees, but rather use of Cherokees as trope in pulp science fiction.
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