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  • From: David Minton <dminton AT mindspring.com>
  • To: InterNetWorkers <internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [internetworkers] parade in Chapel Hill
  • Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2004 09:42:27 -0400

On 8/27/04 8:45 AM, "Dan Wilson" <sipacate AT hotmail.com> wrote:

>
> Sort of reminds me of the South African kid who was suspended for trying to
> win an African American achievement award. Double Standard.
>
> http://www.theomahachannel.com/education/2783824/detail.html

Maybe the problem they had with him, is that as a South African native, he
was only African, and not African American? I wonder what would have
happened if he was Egyptian? I guess the real problem is African American is
just a poor term--we know what it is supposed to mean, even if it accurately
describes many others.

David





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