Reply #12: Remember the scandal about the dictionary definition of "arab"? [View All]

[Trillo]

If you don't, I wasn't able to locate the DU thread that discussed it, but this is one of many sites describing the issue:
http://aquacool.blogspot.com/2005/08/racism-in-dictionary.html

...Reading along I was shocked to know that Merriam-Webster’s Unabridged Collegiate Thesaurus has enlisted in the 3rd Edition an entry that reads:

Entry Word: arab
Function: noun
Text: 1
Synonyms VAGABOND, clochard, drifter, floater, hobo, roadster, street arab, tramp, vag, vagrant
|| 2
Synonyms PEDDLER, ||duffer, hawker, higgler, huckster, monger, mongerer, outcrier, packman, vendor

Those who seek, or who sought, to learn to read English are, or were, instead indoctrinated with targeted international racism? What about those who attended compulsory education? I'm sure I remember that Webster's unabridged was even used at the local community college's library some years ago.

Who wrote that thesaurus? Simple minded people?

So many problems....