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Re: racist vs racialist?

From:bnathyuw <bnathyuw@...>
Date:Sunday, December 8, 2002, 14:36
 --- Andreas Johansson <and_yo@...> wrote: >
I've run across the form _racialist_ a few times
> lately (in history and > sociology books) - is there any difference from > plain old boring _racist_? I > know this's off-topic, but I figured you conlangers > are the group of people > that I know with the best chance of being able to > answer. (MY lexica won't > recognize the word "racialist".)
sounds a bit like the word 'homosexualist' which i've seen crop up a few times. i think _it_'s a combination of ignorant use of language and a specific term for people who aren't just queer, they're also opinionated about it . . . bn ===== bnathyuw | landan | arR stamp the sunshine out | angelfish your tears came like anaesthesia | phèdre __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com