--- Mario Goveia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > No, I would not call anyone in India "kalia", which > in > America would be equivalent to calling a black a > "nigger". However I would refer to > African-Americans > whom I work with almost every day "blacks" without > any > qualms, because they would prefer me to. -------------------
Dear Mario, Here it is for the last time. I don't care what Aristo and you choose to call people. You can call them chinkey (if they are Oriental), pinky (if they have a fever), dinky (if they are short). Infact based on physical characteristics you can call people a whole lot of names, such as chottu, mottu, pottu, the list is endless. In my father's generation, it was customary to call everyone in the village by their "aad nom", which more often than not reflected a physical characteristic. Hence names like pillo, patto, borode, collo, dukor, were not uncommon. Today, even my father has outgrown the need to call someone dukor, whether it is acceptable to the dukor or not. In the same vein, I have outgrown the need to call someone black. What you choose to call them is your own business. Selma ------------------------- ____________________________________________________________________________________ The all-new Yahoo! Mail beta Fire up a more powerful email and get things done faster. http://new.mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Goanet mailing list [email protected] http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org
