Re: Racial Classification & credit line

At 22:39 1.1.2004, Andreas Johansson wrote:

>As I've repeatedly stated, my usage makes little sense. But I cannot be
>bothered to change it, especially since I'd then have to refer to Negroid
>people either as "negroes", which is sure to attract accusations of racism,
>with attendant pointless arguments, or as "Negroid", which is a) problematic
>sytlistically in my situations, and b) likely to be more-or-less consciously
>misheard as "negro", and used as pretext for a racism charge.
My aunt -- born in Pomerania, now living in Sweden for 40+ years -- still
uses "Neger" in both German and Swedish, which gives me the creeps.
Personally I tend to make a distinction between 'black' = African,
and 'dark-skinned' (_mörkhyad_), which also includes Tamils etc. but
not Middle-easterners.  BTW I have a big problem with the current
use of 'Asian', since that word to me should include Middle-easterners
and Bharatiyas.  I also feel that 'African', 'European' etc. simply
should indicate on what continent one was born, not what color one's
skin has, which to me is a very superficial concern.

/BP 8^)
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