Missing mods

Lisnaholic · 10-15-2018, 07:57 PM

^ Thank you for quoting me as the authority, WWWP.

If [MERIT] sends me a DNA sample, I'll check out his claim as well.

But yes, I can see how the whole thing has become a tricky Eurocentric semantic mess in the US, starting with Columbus "discovering" America although the Native Americans knew it was there all the time. I think things are slowly improving, aren't they? For instance I don't think anyone on MB ever refers to Native Americans as "indians" afaik.

When Cooke (I think) arrived in Jamaica he called a whole bunch of islands The West Indies. I don't know if that name has now been dropped, but in Britain,50 years back, the first generation of Jamaican immigrants were called West Indians. At the time that was considered the most respectful description, much better than referring to a guy's skin colour for example - though I don't think I ever asked a Jamaican how he felt about the label.

10-15-2018, 07:57 PM	#11 (permalink)
Lisnaholic ...here to hear... Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: He lives on Love Street Posts: 4,444	^ Thank you for quoting me as the authority, WWWP. If [MERIT] sends me a DNA sample, I'll check out his claim as well. But yes, I can see how the whole thing has become a tricky Eurocentric semantic mess in the US, starting with Columbus "discovering" America although the Native Americans knew it was there all the time. I think things are slowly improving, aren't they? For instance I don't think anyone on MB ever refers to Native Americans as "indians" afaik. When Cooke (I think) arrived in Jamaica he called a whole bunch of islands The West Indies. I don't know if that name has now been dropped, but in Britain,50 years back, the first generation of Jamaican immigrants were called West Indians. At the time that was considered the most respectful description, much better than referring to a guy's skin colour for example - though I don't think I ever asked a Jamaican how he felt about the label. __________________ "Am I enjoying this moment? I know of it and perhaps that is enough." - Sybille Bedford, 1953