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By crazygirl12 - 29/07/2011 15:18 - United States

Today, while working at Kohl's this woman came up to me and asked if I was Native American, I said yes, she then says "Oh! I thought you guys went extinct." This is the country I live in. FML

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Asshats are everywhere

By hardtotell - 22/01/2010 00:45 - United States

Today, a man I don't know came up to me and started screaming about how "all you damn Mexicans were stealing American's jobs" and he stormed off. I'm Native American, and I'm pretty sure we've been here longer. FML

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By shrutisoma - 12/05/2016 04:54 - Australia - Strathfield

Today, I was at work when a customer came up to me and asked where and what I used to get my tan. I'm Indian. FML

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Ironic

By Anonymous - 27/03/2021 02:01

Today, I overheard my caucasian mother on the phone lamenting to a friend that her future grandchildren won’t “look American”. Any future grandchildren of hers would be half Lakota native. FML

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By tempted to become single - 21/10/2012 16:00 - United States - Atwater

Today, I was talking to my girlfriend about extinct peoples, and I said how close the Jewish people came to becoming one. She condescendingly told me they don't exist anymore. When I asked what she was talking about, I realized she was confusing them with the Vikings. What the hell? FML

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Insensitive

By okaythen - 02/03/2016 23:50 - United States - Arcata

Today, I got written up by HR after my new coworker told them I had an ignorant, offensive caricature of Native American people decorating my desk. It was a framed photograph of an actual Native American tribe that belonged to my history buff grandfather. FML

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By ok then - 31/10/2016 15:55

Today, my sister called my Native American friend a bigot for saying he had no problem with the name "Cleveland Indians". FML

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America, **** yeah

By BrazilianGal - 12/08/2021 02:01

Today, a lady at the clothing store told me to, “Stop speaking 'Mexicano', this is America!” when I was talking on the phone. I actually speak Portuguese. When I pointed this out, she verbally tortured me and threatened to, “Call the cops” if I didn’t leave her store for, “making her feel threatened.” FML

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By isabellam0426 - 02/11/2016 02:55

Today, while teaching my history class, a girl asked me where North America was. She lives in North America. FML

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By Anon - 26/05/2009 17:45 - United Kingdom

Today, I was at a mall. A woman stopped by me, said slowly and loudly, in Spanish "baño?" Knowing a bit of Spanish, I nodded and pointed the restrooms out for her. She then mutters about "dang Mexicans and their inability to speak English". I'm not even Latina. I'm Irish-American. FML

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Office embarrassment

By mog - 07/11/2019 08:00 - United States

Today, the girl who works at the liquor store came to where I work. She recognized me. FML

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Friday 29 July 2011 19:05

omg... can you spell idiot.??

YayorNay 8

Friday 29 July 2011 19:10

Idiat...nope I can't.

Comments

rattusrattus 18

Friday 29 July 2011 21:56

*facepalm* When I was six I realised that Native Americans a) existed and b) didn't live in teepees and wigwams anymore. And I'm English. Sorry you had to put up with the idiot descendants of our lowlifes, OP.

tona01 16

Friday 29 July 2011 22:05

PS never said america sucked, i just said what USA looks like for other countries

kryxen 14

Friday 29 July 2011 22:10

I'm sorry for the rest of the stupid Americans.

countrygirl987 0

Friday 29 July 2011 22:13

oh my.... I'm sooo sorry :/

mnlc_fml 0

Friday 29 July 2011 22:27

wait till your told my grand mother was an Indian princess.

pntbllmst2007 0

Friday 29 July 2011 22:28

You should be proud to be living in such a great country and to be an AMERICAN! Why can't you just say that you are an AMERICAN instead of "native american"...

AirForce48 2

Friday 29 July 2011 22:33

Hey don't blame this great country because some of it's people are stupid but I think the fact that this took place in Missouri explains the whole story

allerz 0

Friday 29 July 2011 22:41

HOW does the OP deserve it??? ignorant assholes.

neonblue120 6

Friday 29 July 2011 22:42

Even if she thought that WHY would she say that? You should have turned to her and said you're so stupid it's a wonder you haven't forgotten how to breath.