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Re: Amerind an offensive term (was: Early Amerind assimilation
Stephen Barnard (steve@megafauna.com)
Sun, 11 Aug 1996 18:55:09 -0800
Eric Brunner wrote:
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> Stephen Barnard (steve@megafauna.com) wrote:
> : Eric Brunner wrote:
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> : Bryant is simply trying to determine what you mean by "squatters",
> : and whether you willing to use the term in a consistent, non-racist
> : way. From the way you're wiggling around the question, like a
> : politician asked about abortion or taxes, I have to assume that the
> : answer is "no".
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> Assume what you like, does he ask a legal question, or a non-legal one?
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> There is a difference, on this, as with any other similar question. One
> reason why, when a legal question _is_ asked, definitional terms mean a
> great deal -- why we have "terms of art" in fact.
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> Thanks for your contributions to clarity, such as they are, and please
> don't explain how Indians can be racist -- I don't have my seat on the
> NYSE yet.
>
OK, just for the sake of argument, let's assume that he is asking a
non-legal question. (It seems to me like he's made this clear, but I
can't speak for Bryant.)
BTW, I don't have a seat on the NYSE either. Are you claiming that
"Indians" (I assume you mean Native Americans) can't be racist?
Steve Barnard
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