Words Can Be Deadly: ‘African’ is no synonym for ‘Mercenary’

Monday, March 21st 2011 - 06:42 UTC

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By Younes Abouyoub, Ph.D.

Shortly after the popular uprising started in Libya, the situation quickly turned violent. At first rumors, then confirmed reports talked about mercenaries wreaking havoc in different cities in Libya. Read full article

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GeoffWard
The writer is scared of terminology, though he warns against it.

He sets the word 'African' against the word 'Arab' and warns against the use of these terms as counter-points.

What he should be doing is 'calling a spade a spade' and using the counter-points of ''Negroid' and 'Arab'.

What he is absolutely right to warn about, however, is the equating of the 'Negroid' with the 'Mercenary'.

There will be much killing of innocent african negroid workers in the mistaken belief that they are all terrorists-on-hire.
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