ditto- I made a comment on another blog a while ago calling another WHAT persona a racist when he/she commented how Russians ruined Sheepsheadbay and should go back to the homeland. I was corrected on there that racist is in reference to race and Russians weren’t a race. I didn’t know another word to use to describe this person and since we’re on topic, I wanted to ask your opinions since there is obviously a lot smarter people here.
biff- a pianophobe (alternatively spelled peeanophobe)
Kens – I know what you mean, there is no “culturalist” word, but it would be useful. Racist embodies what you want.
Kens…in a modern world context of the word, they were being racist.
winthropst – Thanks!
ditto- I made a comment on another blog a while ago calling another WHAT persona a racist when he/she commented how Russians ruined Sheepsheadbay and should go back to the homeland. I was corrected on there that racist is in reference to race and Russians weren’t a race. I didn’t know another word to use to describe this person and since we’re on topic, I wanted to ask your opinions since there is obviously a lot smarter people here.
try merriam webster or the OED for the definition of racism. I’ve never heard of it being race-specific.
kens – a lot of 1st generation brasilian immigrants (mostly living in astoria) go to the beach off 116th st in rockaway park during the summer. a lot.
If I hate pianos, am I a pianist?
Although I don’t believe that Wikipedia is the be all and end all of definitives, there’s a lot of useful information here…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_(classification_of_human_beings)