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From: jeff@rtech.ARPA (Jeff Lichtman)
Newsgroups: net.nlang.africa
Subject: Re: derogatory words
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Date: Sun, 12-May-85 01:32:59 EDT
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Posted: Sun May 12 01:32:59 1985
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> Does anyone out there know why people talk about tribes only when referring
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> to African peoples?

I've never thought of "tribe" as a derogartory word.  To me it implies a
society organized along family lines.

Native American nations are still commonly called "tribes".
-- 
Jeff Lichtman at rtech (Relational Technology, Inc.)
aka Swazoo Koolak

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