[lbo-talk] Re: dean and rebel flags

[Joseph Wanzala]

Well by 'policing' my incidental, non-dogmatic use of the term 'people of 
color' aren't you just doing what you are decrying when others do it? I am 
not attached to the term any more than any other,I could just have easiuly 
have said 'non-whites' - a term that is just as problematic. The main point 
is, you know what I meant to say, why make a big deal out of it?


>From: mike larkin <mike_larkin2001 at yahoo.com>
>Reply-To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org
>To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org
>Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] Re: dean and rebel flags
>Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2003 11:03:34 -0800 (PST)
>
>
>And could we retire "people of color"? What a meaningless term. Are there
>people without color? See-thru people? Invisible tribes huddled in the
>forest? And what is the difference b/w "people of color" and "colored
>people"?
>
>DP
>
>I agree completely. This sort of stuff is just totally destructive, a 
>textbook example of left thought policing. When I'm in meetings with other 
>lefties, they spend half their time "correcting" incorrect utterances. You 
>say "black," they say "African American," you say "pet owner," they say 
>"pet guardian," you say "handicapped," they say "physically challenged." 
>Everybody leaves feeling great about their verbal prowess, but nothing has 
>been accomplished.
>
>
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