The North/South divide on AA racism is one of divisions. There is plenty of it on both sides of the Mason-Dixon.

The East/West divide on Native American racism is one of leagues. As in, the East is just not in the same league as the West.

Growing up in Indiana I never heard a hateful assault on NAs ever (cinematic Westerns excluded). Most people had a touch of NA blood in us. I have Cherokee way back there somewhere. My ex-wife has Blackfeet. Comparing Indian blood lines is actually a very common practice back East.

First time I heard that stuff out West ... I was floored. I had never heard it before. And it was pretty obvious from people's reactions that such bigotry was common.

And this isn't a case of "you would have noticed it if you were in a Tribe". I was acquaintance of a full blooded Cherokee woman for a time. After her first trip West she dropped by my house in tears because of the hateful stuff she had encountered. She had never encountered that sort of thing in Chicago.


So that may be why this issue is having such problem taking hold. Easterners who have no experience out West think the outrage is fabricated. And that includes plenty of Easterners who are full blooded Native American. "Redskin" is not an insult in the East like it is in the West.