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2004-01-24 Fifth Column

American from Africa punished for claiming to be "African American"

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Posted by OldSpook 2004-01-24 3:46:35 AM|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I've never been comfortable with the term African American the way it is being used. If my ancestors immigrated from Morrocco wouldn't I also be African American. There is more than one "racial" type living on the African continent and the "Negroid" has been just as expansionist and empire building in the past as anybody else. The reason for the quotation marks is I do not like race tags or ethnic tags. We are all human beings (even if some act as subhumans) and in this country we are all Americans or should be.

Posted by Cheddarhead 2004-1-24 5:58:50 AM|| 2004-1-24 5:58:50 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 My HR guy had this same problem when inprocessing a native of Rhodesia (naturalized US citizen) who happened to be a white fellow. The new hire insisted on being listed on the forms as "Africa-American". It actually was comical to listen the the HR ~~slug~~ guy try to explain why he didn't fit the definition. I'm convinced the guy raised hell just to stick a finger in the eye of HR. Oh yeah - he was officially listed as a Africa-American.

Posted by doc8404 2004-1-24 1:20:57 PM|| 2004-1-24 1:20:57 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 "Whatever happened to Dr King's statement that we 'should not be judged by the color of our skin but the content of our character'"

'Scripting PC types declared it a "white-supremacist" idea. Paging Obviousmanâ¦

Posted by Korora 2004-1-24 3:29:26 PM|| [http://basementburrow.blogspot.com] 2004-1-24 3:29:26 PM|| Front Page Top

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