Re: racist vs racialist?
From: | Nik Taylor <yonjuuni@...> |
Date: | Saturday, December 14, 2002, 5:27 |
> Volume 5 of the _Handbook of Australian Languages_ says that white
> people are called red in Bunuba, a languge spoken in the northen part
> of Western Australia.
Don't forget, too, that "pink" is not a basic color term in many
non-European languages, pink being treated as a shade of red. So, in
that sense, "red" is an accurate description.
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