etymology of chicano
Joel S. Berson
Berson at ATT.NET
Sun Apr 28 14:50:41 UTC 2013
At 4/28/2013 10:23 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
> > no name satisfies all the concerned parties
>
>This has become a common problem as the world becomes more postmodernist
>and paranoid at the same time. For example, whichever you choose -
>Kossovo, Kosovo, Kosova - you will annoy or anger someone.
Not only a recent problem -- I think of the question of what
African-Americans decided to call themselves, which goes back two
centuries or perhaps longer.
Joel
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