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He didn’t call himself European, or white, utterly anodyne words. He called his name Anglo-Saxon. That you didn’t immediately understand the difference shows th
by barry-cotter 6y ago
He didn’t call himself European, or white, utterly anodyne words. He called his name Anglo-Saxon. That you didn’t immediately understand the difference shows that you don’t get it. Which is fine. If you’re not Irish and don’t claim to be that’s cool. You do you. Americans do their American thing, Irish people do their Irish thing and we all happily exchange cultures and products and talk shit about each other as humans are wont to do.
- hackeraccount 6y agoKnowingly or not it's not hard to take the point which is that "Anglo-Saxon" has lost any meaning beyond fair skinned at this point for the vast majority of people. Anyone reading the source knew what the author meant even those who were knew and were annoyed by the incorrectness. The comparison to "latinx" is apt though - I should see it as a flag but instead it's like nails on a chalkboard because it's everything I don't like about language policing.
- username90 6y ago> "Anglo-Saxon" has lost any meaning beyond fair skinned at this point for the vast majority of people. Maybe in USA, I don't know anyone who uses it like that.
- hackeraccount 6y agoDefinitely in the USA. Ever since the first mongrel landed on this fair shore they've been trying to drum in an appreciation for History. It has not taken. People here must on some level understand that there is a past but they cannot keep any of it straight.