Re: Kaffir/Natal Plum
> >Naughty, naughty............ Definitely not politically correct anymore. Now
> >called the Natal Plum. For South Africans that is as bad as Americans using
> >the N word.
>
> Cannot another name be suggested for Harpephyllum caffrum as 'Natal Plum'
> has long been the common name in Anglophone countries for Carissa
> grandiflora, another native - if this is not now a perjorative word -
> South African plant.
>
> Interestingly enough, a homesick South African is building a very large,
> very expensive, and highly visible house on this island in Dutch
> Afrikaaner style that is rapidly becoming known as 'Apartheid House'.
>
> .
>
> William Glover
> Nevis, West Indies
Oh good grief, one hoped that the inanities of political correctness
would stay away from this group. We were criticised in Bristol market
for having Kaffir lilies on our stall so in my cynical way I stuck a new
label on them saying " Ethnic African Lilies" on them and much to my
horror got congratulated on the new nomenclature. Yuk. Surely words are
completely harmless and it is the attitude behind them that is
important; concentrating on words merely diverts from the more thorny
problem of entrenched racism and appears to be the younger generations
easy way out (my daughters will kill me if they read this)
Anthony Lyman-Dixon
