Re: [tied] Re: The indo european "race"

From: Glen Gordon
Message: 26096
Date: 2003-09-27

Michael:
>Hey I got a question for you:
>Why are you so concerned with race-baiting people? If you read
>what he said again he mentioned both darker-skinned and lighter skinned,
>not exclusively one or the other. Proposing what particular race
>Indo-Europeans were may be unrealistic but is not racist in any way, [...]

Hey I got a more intelligent question:
What does race have to do with linguistics at all?
Answer: Nothing.

Ergo, it _is_ racist by the simplest definition of the term.


= gLeN

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