Curt Fischer wrote:

> necoandjeff wrote:
> 
>>"Musashi" <Miyamoto@Hosokawa.co.jp> wrote in message
>>news:%610d.14217$FV3.7873@newssvr17.news.prodigy.com...
>>>"Just for your information, the term Eskimo is now considered
>>>derogatory and has been
>>>replaced by the more acceptable term Inuit. Eskimo is used in this
>>>website only as a reference
>>>term for our international customers who may not be aware of the term
>>>Inuit."
>>
>>On the scale of racially derogatory terms, where the "N" word is at
>>the high end (i.e. the most widely understood to be derogatory), I
>>think the word Eskimo would be at the low end, below even the words
>>Oriental and Black (both of which are still widely used) but probably
>>a little bit higher than the word White.
>>
>>Jeff
> 
> 
> What's so offensive about "Black"?  Is it the unneeded capital letter?

I never understood the big deal about "oriental", either. Neither does
my oriental wife.

The New York Times demonstrated its attention to ethnic sensitivities
yesterday:
http://tinyurl.com/5lvha
"All of this adulation because Liu Xiang, a high hurdler, has proved
what many Chinese have long felt was not possible: that yellow men can
jump, and sprint, too."

Three cheers for yellow men! (and monkeys!)

- Kevin