Is she Indian or is she black? Trump and racist language in the US and Australia
‘Trump’s question, “Is she Indian or is she black?” (which he sees as somehow problematic) is built on presuppositions and categories that are officially sanctioned and widely used. Indeed, those in the US, and perhaps elsewhere, who rightly criticise him need to evaluate their own language and the validity of their own concept of race.’
Brian Edgar asks us to reconsider language of race.
