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

Glen Gordon wrote:

> 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

Wasn't it mentionated once that the IE-people belonged to a "cultural
group" but not to a certain ethnic group?

Alex