Its more complex than that. The Moors were a mixture of native groups, africans, arabs, Europeans, Greeks, Romans, middle easteners etc. There were a very cosmopolitan society.
larry On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 11:21:46 -0600, Russel Madere <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The Moors were black Muslims. Just like the Berbers were white, red > headed Africans. > > Russel Madere > Webmaster > 504.832.9835 > SunShine Pages by EATEL > www.sunshinepages.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, January 28, 2005 11:13 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Who Doesn't Discriminate? (WAS: playing the race card) > > Thought the moors were arabs. > (?) > Dana > > On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 12:03:24 -0500, Tony Weeg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > not that it matters, but tyrone, at least in my area, is CERTAINLY > > primarily an african american name. > > > > and you know what, i know about as many Tony's that are black, as > > Tony's that are white. A lot are italian, and most are not. My > > family is Italian, on my mothers side, Sicilian to be exact, and if it > > were possible that the Moors invaded italy, and bred with the local > > women, then, by genetics, i guess i do have some black in me... right? > > > > tony > > > > > > On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 10:48:48 -0600, G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > These studies pretty recent Larry? > > > > > > Also, how would you get away with submitting identical resumes to > the same > > > position? Wonder if that would raise a red flag to the person > reviewing the > > > resumes. Two guys with the same exact everything... > > > > > > Still, these results are pretty disappointing. > > > > > > > > > > Mosty race, > > > > > > > > there's been a number of studies where researchers have sent in > > > > identical resumes to job postings, one resume the resume uses > typical > > > > white names (ie., John Smith) while the other used black names > > > > (Tyrone, Kwaze etc). The so-called white resumes were much more > likely > > > > to receive callbacks than the resumes that used typical black > names. > > > > Remember these resumes were identical only the names were > different. > > > > > > > > larry > > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 11:01:26 -0500, Jerry Johnson > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> We were not trying to answer the question of "what race is more > likely to > > > >> be poor in America". (If we answered that, it would > overwhelmingly be > > > >> Native American.) > > > >> > > > >> The question was, is it race and only race that is truly the > major > > > >> discrimination factor in workplace and college admissions. Or is > it > > > >> poverty. Or social/ethnic differences. Or religion. Or > immigration > > > >> status. Or gender. Or a combination of the above. > > > >> > > > >> By noting that there are more whites in poverty than anyone else, > we have > > > >> a good population to test to see if race is the deciding factor. > Do these > > > >> whites have the same kind of admissions and hiring numbers as any > other > > > >> person from the same economic level? Do all of these whites of > the same > > > >> poverty level have the same admissions and hiring numbers? If > not, what > > > >> are the differences? Are they based on area of the country? > Family > > > >> makeup? Family history below the poverty line? School district? > Speech > > > >> patterns and dialect? > > > >> > > > >> And, of course, percentages don't always tell the whole story. My > friend > > > >> the moa is very poor. Since he is the only one left, that would > mean that > > > >> the moa has the highest percentage of poverty by population - > 100%. > > > >> (Which he brings up whenever we order the first round of drinks > after the > > > >> flightless bird toss olympics). > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> Jerry Johnson > > > >> Web Developer > > > >> Dolan Media Company > > > >> > > > >> >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 01/28/05 10:48AM >>> > > > >> How could you even attempt to interpret this by Absolute numbers > when > > > >> you're dealing with different population figures? > > > >> And I'm assuming you mean poor whites in America, since as we all > know > > > >> Whites are a minority when taken as a race worldwide. > > > >> > > > >> It's like saying if you have 100 Red mice that have a problem out > of > > > >> 1000, and 5 blue mice that have a problem out of 10, that the > > > >> problem is more prevalent in Red Mice than Blue Mice because you > have 100 > > > >> Red mice with the problem as opposed to 5 blue mice. > > > >> Which is the wrong way to interpret it if you are trying to > determine > > > >> which mouse population is more affected by the problem. > > > >> Clearly the Blue mouse population where 50% of the population has > the > > > >> problem is more affected than the Red mouse population where > > > >> only 10% of the population is affected. > > > >> > > > >> Logic dictates that the same applies when dealing with this topic > with > > > >> regards to **Minorities** and Non Minorities when answering > > > >> the question which population is affected more by poverty or has > a higher > > > >> poverty level in the US. > > > >> > > > >> You have to deal with percentages when answering the question > "What race > > > >> is more likely to be poor in America? Whites or Non > > > >> Whites". > > > >> It is completely wrong to say 'Whites because there are more of > them' in > > > >> answer to that question. > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase Contribute 3 from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=53 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:145204 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
