Prominent Bajan Linguist Who Opposed the Word ‘Negro,’ Dies
As a result I have an orientation toward most things Barbadian or “Bajan,” as everyone says colloquially, and this morning I was delighted and proud to read about the long, thoughtful, and impressive life of Keith Baird, a linguist and graduate of Columbia University who resisted the once widespread use of the word Negro to describe black Americans. He advocated “Afro-American” instead.