--- Alberto Monteiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ritu asked: [not sure who said:] > >> I imagine that the term is offensive, because it > reminds us of a time > >> when Humanity was split into Four Races: whites, > blacks, yellows and reds. > > > > Oh, this reminds me of something I have always > been curious > > about: back in the days you mention above, what > happened > > to the browns? Were we lumped in with the > blacks/yellows > > or did the group escape attention? > > > You mean, the people from India with brown skin > colour? I think > they were lumped with the whites, among the Aryans.
In South Africa I think they were called "colored"...didn't this influence Gandhi, IIRC? Different ethnic group, but in the US Southwest, brown-skinned Mexicans were (and still are, in some eyes) considered 'inferior.' >:/ Debbi __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search http://shopping.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
