XPost: soc.culture.south-africa, soc.history
On Tue, 12 Sep 00 10:48:57 GMT,
[email protected] (Willem-Jan
Markerink) wrote:
In article <[email protected]>,
"Sabsy" <[email protected]> wrote:
"Steve Hayes" <[email protected]> wrote in message >>news:[email protected]...
It is defamatory because it is mostly used by white racists to belittle
blacks.
I am not aware of that. The term I know to be derogatory is "nigger" and
not
Negroid.
It's used so frequently for that purpose nowadays that to my ears it
sounds a lot worse than milder terms like "kaffir" and "nigger".
We have to be careful to find everything derogatory even if it is not >>intended as such. Negroid is a proper deravative if Negro, while Nigger is >>an improper derivative of Negro. I have no problem in being referred to as
a
Negro, except that I am not one.
Doesn't 'kaffir' have a neutral origin too?
I am not saying one should use it today, but your argumentation is >selective....
Well it's a derogatory trerm for a non-Muslim -- hardly neutral.
Are you a Muslim?
If not you are kafir.
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