tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1485997200234349788.post5448602317124399229..comments2024-03-07T12:48:21.070+00:00Comments on MAGONIA REVIEW: MYSTERY CARNIVORESUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1485997200234349788.post-47451885373227674302010-09-03T17:28:27.101+01:002010-09-03T17:28:27.101+01:00On checking Peter Rogerson's original script I...On checking Peter Rogerson's original script I see that the capitalization must have crept in during my editing it for the website. I have amended that. I know that 'African-American' is now the correct term in the USA, but 'black' is still generally used without a negative connotation in the UK.Magoniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18201163989347743921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1485997200234349788.post-62988335549949844052010-09-03T17:17:46.561+01:002010-09-03T17:17:46.561+01:00Were the phrase within quotation marks, the fact t...Were the phrase within quotation marks, the fact that those sentiments are the contention of newspapers and other writers as opposed to that of the reviewer chosen by this site would be easily discernable to your average reader.<br />The use of the term "the Black" (note capitalisation) has not been considered politcally correct in quite some time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1485997200234349788.post-55110386810523194042010-09-03T10:41:24.943+01:002010-09-03T10:41:24.943+01:00I think the point the reviewer was making, Anonymo...I think the point the reviewer was making, Anonymous, is not that the people being patronised are actually gullible, but that when the people who share the folklore are poor or Black, the newspapers (and other writers) feel free to regard them as gullible.Magoniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18201163989347743921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1485997200234349788.post-21792267376074854862010-09-03T04:48:42.903+01:002010-09-03T04:48:42.903+01:00Perhaps "patronize the gullible" might b...Perhaps "patronize the gullible" might be a more sensitive choice of phrasing than "patronise the poor or the Black".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com