Bardpost of the Day #5 - Steve claims to be part of an extinct native american tribe, (at most 1/4 from what i can tell), and is therefore not white!

He's 1/32 Cherokee FYI for anyone wondering about the specifics:

https://old.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/1ixzt2/eli5_acceptance_for_transgender_individuals_is/cb95iwm/?context=8

But inconveniently:

We don't get to claim a tribe, either, since our Native America. ancestor was kidnapped by Anglo settlers and forced into marriage, and isn't on a tribal roll - we know for sure only because of genetic testing my father got for a medical condition.

He knows for sure only due to DNA testing but somehow was able to determine great great great great grandmother was kidnapped and forced to breed with mayos.

Also despite the genetic testing he is using to prove he is Native American:

"Race" is a fiction

Lmao look at this shit about his sister not passing as mayo:

https://old.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/2vx2ru/eli5why_is_white_privilege_such_a_big_deal/colo40w/?context=8

Classic Bard comment:

I am Native American. I pass for white. I'm male, and tall. I'm treated with courtesy and respect and very rarely accosted by troublemakers. Police are always respectful to me.

My sister is also Native American. She is thin, and not tall, and has dark skin and dark hair. She gets stopped by traffic police for no reason. She gets stopped by police while she's walking, for no reason. She once was arrested for prostitution for walking down her own street with her (stereotypically anglo-saxon) husband, who was arrested for solicitation — neither was charged, they were just hassled by racist police. She gets followed in stores by security, even pushing a cart — I get courteously helped, even when I have no cart, no basket, and am picking out women's underclothes.

Imagine the traffic cops. "Did the driver of that vehicle look 1/32 Native American to you?"