There are few minorities who have fought the politically correct battle as well as the Native Americans. Teachers across the US will correct their students when they refer to the many individual tribes as Indians. Sports teams have changed mascots in order not to offend misrepresented descendants in their fan base. And the stories of cowboys and Indians are mostly left to twentieth century Hollywood. However apparently in the interest of selling CDs, not just one group but multiple groups of buskers at the Edinburgh fringe embraced all of the classic stereotypes. There were tomahawks, huge headdresses, dream catchers and plenty of flute dominated music, when these musicians clad in animal skins took to the streets.
Apparently the PC battle is yet to go global, but it might have to if the Scottish children keep crying out, "look Mummy, red indians."
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