Re: Biblical garden---paliurus spina christi


In a message dated 2/11/99 12:22:49 PM, Rachel@haasjr.org wrote:

>At the risk of incurring others' displeasure I would like to register 
>some distaste for the description of Paliurus Spina Cristi seed pods 
>as Chinese "coolee" shaped.  
>
>First, I cannot imagine what that would mean. Second, "coolie" is a 
>rather derogatory historical term applied to Asian workers, mostly Chinese,
in
>
>the U.S.  I, personally, don't feel comfortable using 
>the term, but perhaps it does not have the same connotations in other 
>countries.
>
>I don't mean to attack the person who used it, but simply to question 
>whether it's a descriptor we want to keep in currency in this day and 
>age.     
>
>Rachel Baker
>Berkeley, Ca.

Thanks Rachel for speaking up. It does no harm to anyone on this list to have
these things pointed out to us *especially* as we are an international list.

Deborah Lindsay
Oakland, Ca.
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