Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Language

[Sharon Villines (sharon]

On Nov 19, 2012, at 4:49 PM, Diane <dianeclaire [at] gmail.com> wrote:

> How about putting a positive slant on it:  People whose first language is
> French, Spanish, Yiddish or whatever the case may be; Citizens of Canada,
> Haiti, or the UK ... again whatever the case may be.

And, why are European Americans still called "White" when everyone else has a 
geographically identified origin instead of an assigned color. 

African American
Hispanic American
Asian American
Native American

I now put European American or Other. 

Sharon
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Sharon Villines
Takoma Village Cohousing, Washington DC
http://www.takomavillage.org