[lbo-talk] tribes, was Re: Speaking of female candidates...

Wendy Lyon wendy.lyon at gmail.com
Mon Sep 8 03:32:18 PDT 2008


This is not unrelated to the observation that conflicts in Africa are usually described as "tribal" while conflicts in Europe are usually described as "ethnic".

On 07/09/2008, Chris Doss <lookoverhere1 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Well, it's the connotation. "Tribe," as opposed to "nation," implies alleged primitivity, at least in my mind. E.g. civilized Romans vs. barbaric German tribes.
>
> Maybe I'm full of shit.
>
> --- On Sun, 9/7/08, John Thornton <jthorn65 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
> > I've never known an NDN who felt the term tribe had any
> > negative
> > connotation.
> > Do you know non-tribal people who have a negative view of
> > the term?



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