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Re: Oz and Florida among WORLD's WORST Eco Diving
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Bjorn Vang Jensen <[log in to unmask]>
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SCUBA or ELSE! Diver's forum <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 7 Oct 2003 06:56:25 +0800
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Good one :-) It probably will one day. Just as Colgate's (actually Hawley
Hazel's) popular Darkie toothpaste (replete with a very black man with very
white teeth and big, red lips on the tube) was renamed "Darlie".

Of course, political correctness is usually only skin-deep. In Thailand, it
is still known colloquially as "yaa see fan khon dam" - black man toothpaste
:-)

Bjo(e)rn

----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Doelle" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2003 02:22
Subject: Re: [SCUBA-SE] Oz and Florida among WORLD's WORST Eco Diving


Bjoern said:

>Basically, to many Asians, the phrases "Oriental" and "Far East" smack of
colonialism and condescension.<

Just cannot help myself asking: is the Far Eastern Economic Review about to
change names?

M

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