Re: Amerind an offensive term (was: Early Amerind assimilation

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Toby Cockcroft wrote:
>
> I don't think that there will ever be a solution to this problem of naming
> so long as Indians (please don't flame me for this one) are in a
> culturally and politically empoverished position vis-a-vis the dominant
> anglo culture.
>
> Furthermore, I don't see this as an isolated instance of naming. Blacks,
> women and the disabled (probably all politically incorrect terms) have all
> fought for control and escape from anglo male culture.

So now "women" is a politically incorrect term? Holy Moly! What are we
supposed to call them now? People of the female gender?

Steve Barnard

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