On Tue, 08 Oct 2019 12:22:00 -0400, Alan J Rosenthal via Callers wrote: > Imagine if there were a dance move entitled "Black-man swing"? (I think that > part of why "Gypsy" flies under the > radar is because many people here don't immediately perceive it as a racial > term.)
There's a dance called Black Nag (Playford 1670). Should we avoid this in case people think it refers to a nagging black woman? There's a dance called The Black Boy (Ashover Book, c. 1764) Black Jack (Pat Shaw, 1964) Black Mountain Reel (Tom Hinds, 1991) - might this be a derogatory term for a place where black people live? There's a Scottish dance of the same name (Derek Haynes) This is all getting very silly and I agree with John Sweeney. Colin Hume _______________________________________________ List Name: Callers mailing list List Address: [email protected] Archives: https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
