textbook recommendation

[Pavel Samsonov]

I heard
> blackman was normal a hundred years ago, but was replaced by negro,
> and again to the first (I haven't heard African in England since they
> usually come from the Carribean). Everytime the word was changed, the
pretext
> was with neutral, non-emotional, -- rather euphemistic -- term.

Yes. "Blacks" was labeled as insulting and discriminating, later "Negro"
(which actually means "black" in Spanish). Then the words "colored" and
"people of color" were called politically incorrect and humiliating.
"African American" is the term that so far is not criticized by ethnic
minority leaders although it is somewhat inaccurate: if you call "African
American" Americans of North African (Arab) descent or people from South
African Republic they will probably protest.

"Ukraine" without "the" may be linguistically incorrect and may contradict
the norms of the English language recorded in all the major dictionaries.
But if Ukrainians (people living in the country formerly known as "The
Ukraine") feel that the definite article has some colonial connotation, I
think they have a point here. "The" should be removed to make them happy.

Pavel

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