Thanks Frank. I would't like to debate about whether the spanish or
anlgosaxon invassions where equal or worse. Native populations in north and
south america were exterminated and are exploted equally. It is very curious
how the 'american psique' consider 'their' natives as 'american indians' and
their southern brothers as 'latinos'. My point was directed to the use of
language to depict 'minority' groups with the ulterior effect of isolating
and marginalising them. We witness here, in the disability discussion group,
the importance of terms to create an identity and common interests. My
e-mail was sent with the knowledge that you were not the copywritter,
perhaps the only one of many medium. Thank you for answering back. Andy
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From: "Frank Hall-Bentick" <[log in to unmask]>
To: "Andy Velarde" <[log in to unmask]>
Cc: <[log in to unmask]>; "Rosangela Berman Bieler IID
President" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 9:44 PM
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> Andy,
>
> The use of the phrase 'Latino' is not mine but one that seems to be used
in the
> US.
>
> If you further concerns about it use you should contact;
> Rosanglea Berman-Bieler mailto:[log in to unmask]
> from the Inter-American Institute on Disability who is one of the people
> responsible for Disability World.
>
> As for your comments about the occupation of the americas you seemed to
have
> forgotten about the spanish occupation and its effect on the native
peoples of
> north, central and south america.
>
> However the phrase now seems to include not only people from south-west
north
> america but also spanish/portugese speaking people from central america,
south
> america and the caribbean.
>
> Frank
>
>
>
> Andy Velarde wrote:
>
> > Dear Frank. Thank you for yourinfo. Could we use a different term than
the
> > 'Latino' population. Some people may feel discriminated by these
expresion
> > about people who populated the americas before the anglosaxon occupation
and
> > were forced to seek refuge in areas of spanish speeking colonies. AV
> > PS. Language is power.
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Frank Hall-Bentick" <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2002 9:39 PM
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> > > fyi.
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