People and Color

[Eric Nielsen]

On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 1:28 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 4:19 AM, Eric Nielsen <ericbarnak at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > "White" to describe Caucasians is inaccurate
>
> _Caucasian_ to describe "Caucasians" is inaccurate. What's the point
> of beating this dead horse?
>
Using Caucasian as a descriptor was indeed a poor choice. I am as guilty as
the
flesh mongers. I try for accuracy in phenotypic descriptions, and I am still
trying.
Sorry if my horse died in the middle of a well-worn path.

Eric

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