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65gtoman Offline
#1 Posted: Mon, Jan 26 2004, 9:54 AM EST
Joined: 06-12-2003
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National debate sparked after Caucasian student seeking 'race-based honor' booted out of school

GREAT STORY!!

http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=36764

kccody Offline
#2 Posted: Mon, Jan 26 2004, 10:16 AM EST
Joined: 03-19-2007
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I agree with the story whole-heartedly. I have never understood the term “African American”. My fiancé was born and raised in South Africa as well. She has her permanent residency and is working toward her citizenship. As far as I’m concerned she is more of an African American than American born black people. Using the same logic of blacks being African American I suppose all Hispanics should be called Mexican Americans, Germans would be German Americans, Canadians would be Canadian American and so forth depending on what country your ancestors came from. Besides, if today’s “African Americans” would do some research into their lineage they would find that a good percentage of their ancestors were brought to this country from places other than Africa. South America and Jamaica for example.
RDC Offline
#3 Posted: Mon, Jan 26 2004, 10:17 AM EST
Joined: 01-21-2000
Posts: 5,874
Too funny. Sad, but commical.
I can just see a select group of people bitchin
BeatDragon Offline
#4 Posted: Mon, Jan 26 2004, 10:36 AM EST
Joined: 02-28-2003
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I was in physical therapy a few years back where quite a few professioal athletes also went for treatment. I was doing my exercises while listening to a news story and they used the term African-American. The gentleman next to me happened to be a member of the Nigerian National Soccer Team. He took offense, and quite vocally I might add, that any American born Black man called himself an African-American. He had the same question concerning the actual liniage of the so called "African Americans". Were they sure that they were decendants of Africans? He also found it slighty amusing that they use the term "African-American" as it implies that the entire contenent was there home. He said that he was Nigerian, not an African, or an African-Nigerian.
CWFoster Offline
#5 Posted: Mon, Jan 26 2004, 12:07 PM EST
Joined: 12-12-2003
Posts: 5,414
OK, if anyone refers to me as anything other than a Scots-Irish-English-Welsh-Dutch-Czechovslovakian-American, I'm going to be quite upset!
puskarich Offline
#6 Posted: Mon, Jan 26 2004, 1:19 PM EST
Joined: 01-04-2003
Posts: 2,143
"But Westside officials pushed to change that, feeling the spirit of the honor meant giving it to a black student, and by 2001, the ministerial alliance in charge specified it was for blacks only."

Nice qualifications for the award. Nevermind that the recipient share the same values and ideals as MLK. Just make sure they are black. Yep, thats sending the right message. Thats what MLK would have wanted. Thats what he gave his life for. Riiiiiight.
Cavallo Offline
#7 Posted: Tue, Jan 27 2004, 12:38 AM EST
Joined: 01-05-2004
Posts: 2,796
i've got a dear friend who is from bermuda. over here in the USA, she's a "black woman." call her an "african-american," though, and it pisses her right off. she's neither african nor american. she's a citizen of bermuda.
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