Re: The OIT state of the art

Not to reopen pastdebates over the proper definition of "creole" in a
linguistic sense, but creole can also have ambiguous meanings in a
sociological sense. In some contexts it meant "a person of European
ancestry born in the colonies."

Was Gobineau's grandmother actually of African or mixed ancestry, or
simply the daughter of a French colonist?

Ned Smith

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "tgpedersen" <tgpedersen@...> wrote:
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> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Arnaud Fournet" <fournet.arnaud@>
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> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "jonatas9" <jonatas9@>
> > To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
> > Sent: Friday, September 19, 2008 2:02 PM
> > Subject: [tied] Re: The OIT state of the art
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> > Actually, what appears to have set Gobineau off on his racist
track
> > was his experience of miscegenation in Brazil - a country he
loathed
> > although he was a friend of the emperor.
> > ============
> > Considering the fact he had a black creole grand-mother,
> > I suppose a severe neurotic problem can explain much.
> > Maybe He thought he had something to apologize for.
> > Arnaud
> > =====
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> So because of his sang impur he had opinions a real Frenchman (a
> non-miscegenated one) wouldn't have?
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>
> Torsten
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