That phrase refers to the historical bad treatment native Americans would experience, if caught “off the reservation” by police. Often including beatings and killings
I hate how every bit of American slang has some awful racist or misogynistic entomology. Makes me disrespect people who say “SPEAK AMERICAN” even more.
(I mean, not that the English don’t have their fair share…)
In this context saying someone is “off the reservation” means that all Natives were stupid/crazy or uneducated. So if someone did something stupid, it meant they were acting like a Native from a reservation. Like how someone might say “hood”, “ghetto”, or more recently “huddy”.
In some context “you’re off the reservation” was a veiled threat to Natives meaning they have no protection and will likely be assaulted if they kept acting “uppity”.
Just not how it was just used in the comment you replied to.
Shouldn’t say off the rez any more.
That phrase refers to the historical bad treatment native Americans would experience, if caught “off the reservation” by police. Often including beatings and killings
I hate how every bit of American slang has some awful racist or misogynistic entomology. Makes me disrespect people who say “SPEAK AMERICAN” even more.
(I mean, not that the English don’t have their fair share…)
It’s not all. Just time to update some phrases.
Kind of.
In this context saying someone is “off the reservation” means that all Natives were stupid/crazy or uneducated. So if someone did something stupid, it meant they were acting like a Native from a reservation. Like how someone might say “hood”, “ghetto”, or more recently “huddy”.
In some context “you’re off the reservation” was a veiled threat to Natives meaning they have no protection and will likely be assaulted if they kept acting “uppity”.
Just not how it was just used in the comment you replied to.