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Article #20216"sambo"
From: Tony Reid
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 1995 00:00
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 1995 00:00
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it seems to me that what the unoffended are missing about this whole sambo thing, is that little black sambo has become a symbol for institutionalized racism. "nigger" shouldn't be more than an incorrect pronunciation of "negro",but the association that goes along with it is the problem. it's kind of like calling an irish person a "paddy" (as in "paddy wagon"), a lot of irish men DO happen to be named patrick, however, the term "paddy" is generally pejorative, as is referring to an african-american (or any dark-skinned person) as "sambo". i hate political correctness as much as anyone, however, we have to take into account people's feelings, when speaking, writing, etc.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 106ed4,c59f6426955997da,start X-Google-Attributes: gid106ed4,public From: Tony.Reid%ow@salata.com (Tony Reid) Subject: "sambo" Date: 1995/08/14 Message-ID: <fcb_9508141500@salata.com> X-Deja-AN: 108163419 organization: ONE WORLD Los Angeles 310-372-0987 newsgroups: ca.general