Theos-Talk Archives (January 2005 Message tt00937)

Lavanda,

I think the term race is racist nowadays and theosophy has to be 
adapted to our present time. 

Erica


--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, "Anand Gholap" <AnandGholap@A...> 
wrote:
> 
> Eureka,
> It depends on conditions in Greece, i.e. audience. Best way is to 
use 
> word race for race. You can consider ethnic mixture in Greece. If 
not 
> much problem is expected then use word race.
> Anand Gholap 
> 
> --- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, "Erica Letzerich" 
> <eletzerich@y...> wrote:
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > As I am preparing an introduction to some basic teachings of the 
> > theosophical literature I am kind of trapped with the term races 
> and 
> > sub-races. 
> > 
> > Today the term races has a racist connotation what term could be 
> > used instead of races? Civilizations? Any suggestion will be 
> > welcome.
> > 
> > Erica