wallyk wrote:
> as to blackness and PC, do blacks take offence when referred to as blacks?
> how about ''african american''? do blacks/african americans feel that
> ''african american'' is a euphuism, thus insulting? what if the black
person
> is canadian or jamaican? is [s]he still an african american? we once
talked
> about ''native americans'' but i can't remember the conclusions.
This is something I've always wondered about too. What is the PC term at
the moment? We've had this discussion in the past, about how terms used 50
years ago would now be considered offensive, but what is the current
expression? I've had little experience in these matters. We have a large
number of different races/cultures in NZ, but they don't have the same
history of slavery and oppression that you have in the US (although I'm sure
some would disagree with me there) and there is no all-encompassing generic
term. A Maori is Maori, a Samoan is from Samoa, etc.
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