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> I wish non-native English speakers would not use the term “Anglo-Saxon” I quite like it and find it endearing. I'm definitely not of actual Anglo-Saxon stock
by secondcoming 3y ago
> I wish non-native English speakers would not use the term “Anglo-Saxon”
I quite like it and find it endearing. I'm definitely not of actual Anglo-Saxon stock but if non-English use that term then they're free to do so. Everyone knows what they mean. There are zero racial overtones associated with it.
- derriz 3y agoGood for you. I mean that without sarcasm. I most certainly am not and don’t consider myself Anglo-Saxon in any way although English is my mother tongue. I would consider referring to New Zealand (for example - not my home country) as “Anglo-Saxon” quite insulting to Māori. But I disagree with your last claim - there most certainly are racial overtones associated with it. Nobody would ever refer to Barack Obama, MLK, Kāterina Mataira, Rishi Sunak as Anglo-Saxon simply because having white skin and being off English stock is understood as being implied.
- nunuvit 3y ago[flagged]
- pge 3y agoThere are definitely racial overtones with the expression "Anglo-Saxon" as used in the US, at least in the last decade or so. This article is an example of some of the discourse around the term - https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/04/anglo-saxon-what-you-say-when-whites-only-too-inclusive/618646/ https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/04/anglo-saxo...