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Re: More politically correct nonsense

Posted By: Eric Sleator, on host 68.111.215.41
Date: Saturday, February 14, 2004, at 12:12:50
In Reply To: More politically correct nonsense posted by iwpg on Tuesday, January 27, 2004, at 05:04:00:

I'm not going to say anything about African-American vs. black, or about the story you linked to, but I would like to register my objection to the term "Caucasian". The Caucasus is in eastern Europe and western Asia near Turkey, and goes through Russia, Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan. All my ancestors are from Europe (or descended from Europeans), and it's mostly all northern and western Europe, nowhere near the Caucasus. I could understand using "European" instead of "white", but "Caucasian"? Where did that come from? What a strange term to use.

-Eric Sleator

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Re: More politically correct nonsense - silverfox - Sat, 2/14/2004, 13:10:01
- Re: More politically correct nonsense - wintermute - Mon, 2/23/2004, 09:32:32

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