Re: OT Academia (was Re: Dr. Gunn)
| From: | Tristan McLeay <kesuari@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, July 9, 2002, 2:44 |
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On Tue, 2002-07-09 at 02:02, Barry Garcia wrote:
> CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU writes:
> >He's actually called someone of Irish descent an `Anglo'? Is he
> >cruising for a bruising or something. That's one of the most
> >insulting things you can call someone who's Irish!
>
> It didn't matter. If you were of European ancestry and were int he US,
> he'd call them Anglo. I've seen this happen with some Mexican Americans I
> know also, referring to all caucasians as "Anglo"
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).
Tristan.
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