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Originally posted by TyGer STyLe
okay just as a question... (not meaning i would knowingly call taiwanese, chinese just to piss them off) does what your saying mean that since i was born in the US i shouldn't identify being korean?
hmm, i mean that if you are born in a country you should have that in your "reference title." You can be called whatever you want of course, but i think there is a lot less discrepancy if someone calls someone by their politically correct name. But, it's always up to the person i suppose, but i just don't like linguistics being oppressive by denying or rejecting certain countries by the reference title someone refers to a person as. So to answer the question, i'd say if you are born or are a citizen of a country i'd say to call them by that in conjunction with whatever race they happen to be. Like, Korean-American. But, i don't think it's insulting to just call someone by American because it'd be most correct in political terms. But the other entailings could follow if the person wishes. Hmm this wasn't supposed to be so long, i can't articulate what i mean....hmm all right. If a person lives in a country and has citizenship then i think it's mean to just not acknowledge it by forcing your opinions on them through linguistics. Becuase language entails an opinion, and it's effectually not dismissing the country if you don't acknowledge it. So of course people can be called what they want, but i think it's mean to not refer to them by their nationality, because it just seems less offensive to me than bounding everyone to a country where the race seemed to have started. Again, isn't everyone african then?
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in my humble opinion people should just call what they wish to be called... if the person gets mad for being called something incorrect just correct the person and make sure they don't make the same mistake twice... i mean theres no need to get pissed off at an honest mistake... now if they did it knowingly thats a whole different story...
that is a good opinion. I agree.
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01-22-2003 07:39 PM
