Am I Racist?

[AccyJay]

Thats the one. Thanks.

[Billcat]

Originally Posted by Mancie

Can't say I have much sympathy with a tribe calling themselves beaker people,
its not really a name that conjures up images of a savage warlike tribe thats
likely to put off any marauding Celts.
They sound like a right pushover, almost as bad as calling yourelves the teapot people.

Actually, I think that was a name hung on the culture by archaeologists. Probably, like many primitive cultures, they called themselves something like "the people" and anyone else, "the others" or "barbarians." Tribal groups tend to have an us-and-them mentality.

I do get a funny mental image, complete with audio, when I think of a tribe of folks like the Muppet Beaker!