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Re: Amerind an offensive term (was: Early Amerind assimilation
Joel and Lynn Gazis-Sax (gazissax@best.com)
Tue, 13 Aug 1996 19:00:42 -0800
Toby Cockcroft wrote:
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> In article <320F73D6.167E@nas.nasa.gov>, Stephen Barnard
> <barnard@nas.nasa.gov> wrote:
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> >I'd like you to read carefully the excerpt from Ms Cockcroft's post.
> I'll quote
> >it again: "Blacks, women, and the disabled (probably all politically incorrect
> >terms) have all fought for control and escape from anglo male culture." I'll
> >draw your attention to the phrase in parentheses.
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> >Now just who is invoking the term "politically incorrect" here? Ms
> Cockcroft is
> >saying that "women" is probably a politically incorrect term. This seems to me
> >like an astonishing thing to say.
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> >
> >What words did I put in her mouth? I quoted her verbatim.
> >
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> I'd like to clarify things.
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> I happen to have an x chromesome and a y chromesome and have been
> socialised to play the male gender. Thanks.
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> I thnk evryone knows of some trends to rename and one of them is to use
> the term womyn as opposed to women. Again this is a symbolic means of
> creating an identity seperate from men. It is a form of empowerment.
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> Toby
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> I'd also like to ask what made you think that I was female?
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> Toby Cockcroft MA Anthropology University of Western Ontario
I will defer to Steve Barnard that I was wrong on Toby Cockcroft. On two
counts: First, Toby is a "he" (yes I know some female Tobies), and
second, that Toby does believe in some version of political correctness.
Regards,
Joel
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