Charles Gifford wrote:
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> "Arri London" > wrote in message
> ...
> >
> >
> > Frogleg wrote:
> > >
> > > On Mon, 12 Apr 2004 07:28:37 -0600, Arri London >
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > >Here in NM, anyone who isn't Hispanic, Asian, Black or Native American
> > > >is normally referred to as 'Anglo'. It isn't a reference to a
> particular
> > > >nationality. It means she was white, which she was.
> > >
> > > In 'Red Sky at Morning,' Richard Bradford's novel based on a somewhat
> > > fictionalized 1940s Santa Fe, a character says "We only recognize 3
> > > kinds of people in Sagrado: Anglos, Indians, and Natives."..."But what
> > > about the Negro?" "I already explained that to you. He's an Anglo.
> > > That is, he's an Anglo unless you're differentiating between him and
> > > an Indian. Then he's 'white.'"
> >
> > LOL that wouldn't work any more. The Black community would tend to
> > resent being called Anglo.
>
> But it isn't right when white people who aren't Anglo resent being called
> Anglo? ;-)
>
> Charlie

I haven't met anyone here who resents being called 'Anglo' yet. It's
understood to mean 'white' nowadays, so what's to resent if one is
white?