Mandingo Shield

tom hyle · 22nd March 2005, 02:39 AM

Yeah, Manding=Mandingo. The form Mandingo is out of fashion/politically incorrect in current N America; whether that is because "Manding" is more linguistically correct, or whether it's because of negative connotations from works of fiction and racist retoric (the term "Mandingo" for some reason conjures in the N American mind a very barbaric and warlike image; moreso than probably any other African tribe). People in general N American populace are generally unaware this is a real ethnic group; many consider "Mandingo" and the image that accompanies it to be a racial slur; some have tried to argue me out of my "racist" concept that there is such a people

22nd March 2005, 02:39 AM	#5
tom hyle Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Houston, TX, USA Posts: 1,254	Yeah, Manding=Mandingo. The form Mandingo is out of fashion/politically incorrect in current N America; whether that is because "Manding" is more linguistically correct, or whether it's because of negative connotations from works of fiction and racist retoric (the term "Mandingo" for some reason conjures in the N American mind a very barbaric and warlike image; moreso than probably any other African tribe). People in general N American populace are generally unaware this is a real ethnic group; many consider "Mandingo" and the image that accompanies it to be a racial slur; some have tried to argue me out of my "racist" concept that there is such a people