a) Had no idea this was going on. b) Think that the whole thing is incredibly fascinating, because it's quite unlike anything I'm likely to experience on such a large scale (there is, of course, the usual mangled heritage stuff that is particular to Maine itself--as in, I'm very pale, but also have quite a lot of Native American and Italian in me, so am I white? Probably, but definitely not in a really clear-cut sense).
Plus, Pakeha is just a cool word, and I think it's pretty damn spiffing that you're honoring the native culture of NZ by using a Maori word.
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a) Had no idea this was going on.
b) Think that the whole thing is incredibly fascinating, because it's quite unlike anything I'm likely to experience on such a large scale (there is, of course, the usual mangled heritage stuff that is particular to Maine itself--as in, I'm very pale, but also have quite a lot of Native American and Italian in me, so am I white? Probably, but definitely not in a really clear-cut sense).
Plus, Pakeha is just a cool word, and I think it's pretty damn spiffing that you're honoring the native culture of NZ by using a Maori word.