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

Stephen Barnard (steve@megafauna.com)
Wed, 14 Aug 1996 03:22:30 -0800

Toby Cockcroft wrote:
>
> In article <320F73D6.167E@nas.nasa.gov>, Stephen Barnard
> <barnard@nas.nasa.gov> wrote:
>
> >I'd like you to read carefully the excerpt from Ms Cockcroft's post.

[snip]

>
> I happen to have an x chromesome and a y chromesome and have been
> socialised to play the male gender. Thanks.
>

[snip]

>
> Toby
>
> I'd also like to ask what made you think that I was female?
>
> Toby Cockcroft MA Anthropology University of Western Ontario

I thought you were female because in the previous post Joel referred to you as
"Ms. Cockcroft", and I assumed that he knew what he was talking about. I've since
learned that such an assumption is also guaranteed to be wrong.

Steve Barnard