biggert opened this issue on Mar 14, 2004 ยท 46 posts
xoconostle posted Sun, 14 March 2004 at 1:50 PM
sirkrite asked: "Why do people group all fair skinned people into one group called "Whites"?" As a simple matter of communicative convenience. It doesn't imply denial of ethnicity or ancestral nationalities. Phantast rebutted: "No it isn't. It is a very correct use of the word "racism", which means the (discredited) theory that humankind is divided into races. All these words "race" and "ethnic" and "ethnicity" are loaded terms." So you're also accusing DAZ of racism? I'm sorry, but the true spirit of the word "ethnic" as (mis)used in context vs. biggert's assertion is getting lost in pedantic argumentative details, here. I stand by my prior clarification. It was correct. :-) mateo_sancarlos wrote: "If they slip up now and then, forgive them, since they're only human." Well said. If you find the ad copy offensive, write a respectful e-mail to DAZ explaining your feelings. Perhaps they will respond thoughtfully, as they have in the past when these issues have come up.