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> From: "Matthew S. Tomaso" <102147.2210@COMPUSERVE.COM>

>
> Lee Cronk, an anthropologist at the University of Cincinatti, says the
> Kenyan is really saying, "I
> don't want these. Give me big shoes."
>
> Says Nike's Elizabeth Dolan, "We thought nobody in America would know what
> he said."

what a nice/nike story! :-)

i will use it in my anthro courses when explaining that all anthros
should always be aware that the people they are describing will
read themselves what has been written about them and are likely to
comment ethnographies. E. Dolan's comment seems very arrogant as
well as ignorant to me


sabine helmers

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