And now, for another edition of...
Jan. 2nd, 2006 02:08 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
conuly
"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."
Ethnic.
of or relating to large groups of people classed according to common racial, national, tribal, religious, linguistic, or cultural origin or background.
It does not mean specifically black. It does not even mean non-white. I highly doubt it's supposed to mean anything from "We don't want to offend you by trying to figure out what you people call yourselves" to "Oh, let's cater to the ethnics by throwing them a single toy made Just For Them!"
And when you segregate the hair stuff into two completely different aisles, nowhere near each other, one marked "hair supplies" and one labeled "ethnic hair supplies" (by which they could only have meant black, unless there's much I don't understand about Asian hair....), you just piss people (me!) off. It's stupid. Stop doing that. I know it's easier to find the hair stuff you're looking for when it's labelled, but why not call it by its function (oils, shampoo, extensions) and stick it in one aisle, instead of having half with the beauty supplies and half with the foot care? At the very least, stop calling it ethnic. That term, it doesn't mean what you want it to mean.
Ethnic.
of or relating to large groups of people classed according to common racial, national, tribal, religious, linguistic, or cultural origin or background.
It does not mean specifically black. It does not even mean non-white. I highly doubt it's supposed to mean anything from "We don't want to offend you by trying to figure out what you people call yourselves" to "Oh, let's cater to the ethnics by throwing them a single toy made Just For Them!"
And when you segregate the hair stuff into two completely different aisles, nowhere near each other, one marked "hair supplies" and one labeled "ethnic hair supplies" (by which they could only have meant black, unless there's much I don't understand about Asian hair....), you just piss people (me!) off. It's stupid. Stop doing that. I know it's easier to find the hair stuff you're looking for when it's labelled, but why not call it by its function (oils, shampoo, extensions) and stick it in one aisle, instead of having half with the beauty supplies and half with the foot care? At the very least, stop calling it ethnic. That term, it doesn't mean what you want it to mean.
