Heard on TV

[Jonathan Lighter]

>I wasn't aware that Anglo had the meaning of white Anglophone.

Usually in contrast with "Chicano" or "Latino."  In contrast with "Negro,"
forget about it.

BTW, ever notice how (the now seemingly archaic) "WASP," which
hypothetically refers to any white, Anglo-Saxon Protestant, principally
refers to the well-to-do?

And that "DWEM" refers only to scientists and intellectuals?

"Tendentiousness is all." --Shakespeare, _Lear_.

JL



On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 4:29 AM, Benjamin Barrett <gogaku at ix.netcom.com>wrote:

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> On Sep 5, 2011, at 7:17 PM, Wilson Gray wrote:
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> > On Mon, Sep 5, 2011 at 9:08 PM, Benjamin Barrett <gogaku at ix.netcom.com>
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> >> Are black Americans not goyim?
> >
> > They're niggers. Saying that blacks are "goyim" merely because most
> > are Christian is like saying that blacks are "Anglos" merely because
> > they speak English.
> >
> > Who does that?
>
> According to my Mac dictionary and to what my Jewish friends have told me,
> a goy is a non-Jew; moreover, I am not a Christian, but my Jewish friends
> refer to me as a goy.
>
> Why you have to bring the n-word into this, I do not know, but if there is
> a reason for not classifying black Americans as goyim, I would be interested
> to learn about it.
>
> I do appreciate the Anglo reference. I wasn't aware that Anglo had the
> meaning of white Anglophone.
>
> BB
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