I understand the name is from our colonial past but its disappointing that anyone can take offence. I know many such folk who regard themselves as West Indian without any qualms. I guess the West Indies cricket team need to be renamed.
2006-08-11 03:51:29 · 10 answers · asked by eggy74uk 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
Right PC gone bonkers.
People from Caribbean, once called the "West Indies", were always know as West Indians. At least that's what my friends from Jamaica, Trinidad, Barbados, the Bahamas, have said.
2006-08-11 04:07:38 · answer #1 · answered by Richard B-H 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you want a job in the race relations industry, you need to keep up with the latest jargon. Sometimes the new buzz words change week by week and it can be pretty hectic for a sincere person to get a job in a "mixed" area if he or she doesn't hang out socially with the PC brigade who are doing "very nicely thank you" in their "equal opportunity " jobs and want more of their own mediocre careerists to succeed at interviews, rather than get hassled by genuine non- racists, whatever their colour. Its not madness. Its greed, when you get down to it. Often it's also an exceptionally hypocritical form of racism if you think about it........ But it's still best to use the terms that the people refered to generally find acceptable. Like "white" is better than "whitey"!
2006-08-11 13:37:51 · answer #2 · answered by mutaali t 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
seventy 5% of the slaves delivered to the hot international went to Brazil. If slavery replaced into the rationalization for the wealth of the U. S. and uk then Brazil could be wealthy to. Slavery had very very little or no impact on Americas wealth. We have been a marginally damaging united states till approximately one hundred twenty years in the past. till the 1920's Mexico had an more suitable usual of residing then the u . s . a ..
2016-10-01 22:51:01 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If I were you I would make it a point to use that term with the people that took offense.
2006-08-11 06:23:27 · answer #4 · answered by alcavy609 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It is people voicing their unimportant opinion
2006-08-11 04:08:18 · answer #5 · answered by dmxdragon2 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
PC is mad !
We MUST stop now before its too late !
2006-08-11 04:02:13 · answer #6 · answered by paul k 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Pay no attention to them. You did nothing wrong.
2006-08-11 04:13:13 · answer #7 · answered by purplepeach 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
get on with the times young man. they are carribean!
2006-08-11 04:42:37 · answer #8 · answered by supernovaJ 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I wouldn't get cranky about it.
2006-08-11 04:14:56 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, people are just insanely too politically correct,
2006-08-11 04:36:11 · answer #10 · answered by AFwife 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋