Re: LOTR credit line

Andreas Johansson scripsit:

> Tangentially, I've heard that some SEAsian peoples consider Chinese to
> be "white". I wonder what they think of Europeans - perhaps "red"?
Semi-cliche joke from the southwestern United States: an Indian looks
at a sunburned Anglo and says to another Indian: "And they call *us*
redskins?"

It seems to be common throughout the world to identify Europeans with
ghosts/devils, as notoriously in China and West Africa, but also in
New Zealand, where "maori" means "ordinary (non-ghost) person".

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