Re: OT Academia (was Re: Dr. Gunn)

CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU writes:
>It's common enough in Australia to refer to Caucasians as
>'Anglo-Saxons', which is cruel and evil and must have a stop put to it
>ASAP. The Kiwis have it good, they have a word for white people that
>everyone knows (_pakeha_, I think it is).
I *really* disliked when my Professor used it, but there was no breaking
him of that habit. I didn't feel like bringing the ire of the entire class
(90% Mexican American/Chicano/Latino, whatever) on me by using "hispanic"
out of spite either ;). It's just so wrong to use that word to refer to
all caucasians. Sheesh, how hard it it to simply say "white", or if not
that, "Caucasian"?

The Kiwi's are lucky they have a single native culture to pick a word to
refer to the white folk :). Here in the states i can imagine the ire
raised if one culture's word was used. All the more reactionary people
from other cultural groups would feel ignored :).
>


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