Morning Kentry -
>
> Nice ones - As I woke up and read this I thought of some of the same
> examples
>
> But I do I think that quotes are quotes and what ever archaic language was
> used needs to be quoted true
>
> In terms of today - I agree with Kentry, I am a West Indian of European
> extraction -
> though I think the terms Caribbean and West Indian interesting because we
> tend to only be West Indian or Caribbean people when we outside of the West
> Indies - at home or in a next people's country we are Lucians, Vincies, or
> St Thomians. So a Lucian in Barbados is still a Lucian . Only when we reach
> Toronto. London or Brooklyn do we become West Indian .
>
> In my questionnaires and research work to describe national ethnicity's I
> use the terms Afro-Trinidadian, Indo Guyanese I have interviewed a few
> hundred people and no one has objected
>
> Dr Marcus Day DSc
> Director
> Caribbean Drug & Alcohol Research Institute
> Box 1419
> Castries
> SAINT LUCIA
>
> 1-758-458-2795 Office
> 1-758-458-2796 Fax
> 1-758-721-7278 Cell -
>
>
> "Harm reduction" is often made an unnecessarily controversial issue as if
> there was a contradiction between prevention and treatment on one hand and
> reducing the adverse health and social consequences of drug use on the
> other. This is a false dichotomy. They are complementary.
>
> Taken From UNODC (2008) Reducing the adverse health and social effects of
> drug use: A comprehensive approach.
>
>
>
> On Sun, Feb 8, 2009 at 8:22 AM, Kentry D Jn Pierre <[log in to unmask]
> > wrote:
>
>>
>> I am West Indian; I fully support the West Indies cricket team and I am
>> quite proud of the University of the West Indies. I am also Caribbean so the
>> Eastern Caribbean Dollar is what I use daily in St Lucia, a member of the
>> Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS). And, of course, I'm black.
>> But coloured...? I don't think so. Is that the term that people use when
>> they face identity crises? Is it the term used by blacks who want to find
>> favour among whites who happen to be racist or the term used by racist
>> whites who want to be politically correct?
>>
>>
>> K entry D Jn Pierre (PhD)Simyé ou yenyen pasé ou pa anyen. > Date: Sun, 8
>> Feb 2009 11:48:13 +0000> From: [log in to unmask]> Subject:
>> Terminology> To: [log in to unmask]> > Dear all,> > I'm
>> currently completing an MPhil in Historical Studies, and my thesis title is:
>> 'Social and Political Attitudes to West Indian Migrants in Post-War London
>> (1948-1965)'. I need some help in defining the terminology I should be
>> using, namely whether I should say 'West Indian' and 'coloured', or
>> 'Caribbean' and 'black'.> > So far, I have been using the former, as the
>> sources from the period on which I am largely dependent do, and it is
>> therefore continuous throughout my study. Nevertheless, I recently read a
>> PhD thesis from a few years ago on a similar topic, and she used the latter
>> when not directly quoting, as these terms were seen not as offensive as the
>> former in this modern age.> > Obviously I do not wish to offend anyone in my
>> thesis, and thus would very much apreciate any assistance anyone might be
>> able to offer in this matter. Which terminology should I use?> > Many
>> thanks!> _________________________________________________________________>
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> Dr Marcus Day DSc
> Director
> Caribbean Drug & Alcohol Research Institute
> Box 1419
> Castries
> SAINT LUCIA
>
> 1-758-458-2795 Office
> 1-758-458-2796 Fax
> 1-758-721-7278 Cell -
>
>
> "Harm reduction" is often made an unnecessarily controversial issue as if
> there was a contradiction between prevention and treatment on one hand and
> reducing the adverse health and social consequences of drug use on the
> other. This is a false dichotomy. They are complementary.
>
> Taken From UNODC (2008) Reducing the adverse health and social effects of
> drug use: A comprehensive approach.
>
>
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Dr Marcus Day DSc
Director
Caribbean Drug & Alcohol Research Institute
Box 1419
Castries
SAINT LUCIA
1-758-458-2795 Office
1-758-458-2796 Fax
1-758-721-7278 Cell -
"Harm reduction" is often made an unnecessarily controversial issue as if
there was a contradiction between prevention and treatment on one hand and
reducing the adverse health and social consequences of drug use on the
other. This is a false dichotomy. They are complementary.
Taken From UNODC (2008) Reducing the adverse health and social effects of
drug use: A comprehensive approach.
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