Is “Kemosabe” A Racist term?
Canada is becoming the new California. Nuttiness begins there now. Then sweeps North America. Get ready for this to be mimiced here. CBC SOURCE Highest court asked to rule on old Lone Ranger term Last Updated Wed, 22 Dec 2004 22:07:01 EST HALIFAX – The Supreme Court of Canada is being asked to hear arguments on whether the word “kemosabe” is racist to native people. The request comes from the Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission, which is dealing with a grievance dating back to 1999. ”We think it’s time to have some ground rules so people know what’s permissible and what isn’t.’ human rights lawyer Dorothy Kateri Moore, a Mi’kmaq woman working at a sports store in Sydney, N.S., had complained that her boss, Trevor Miller, referred to her and other workers as “kemosabe” the term used by the 1950s TV character Tonto, the Lone Ranger’s sidekick, to describe the masked cowboy. Moore said Miller told her the word meant “friend.” But she claimed it was a racial slur and that its repeated use
