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

[Wendy Lyon]

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?