2010/11/18 Strainu <[email protected]>: > 2010/11/17 <[email protected]>: >> In a message dated 11/17/2010 1:23:04 PM Pacific Standard Time, >> [email protected] writes: >> >> >>> Also, point of quibbling as an American: not looking to argue about it, >>> but >>> Obama is generally thought of as African American, as it says in the >>> second >>> sentence of his en.wiki article. It might offend people if you try and say >>> our President isn't black. >> >>> >> >> Obama is exactly half-black and half-white. >> Funny how he is "African American" but of course he is equally "Caucasian >> American" > > Which shows only hot dangerous "political correctness" can get. I > wonder if in 2050, when the white population will no longer be be in > majority, such a person will be called an European-American...
I meant to say "how dangerous"...should have read the email before sending it. :( > > For those of you who speak other languages than English, I suggest > reading the English, French, Spanish, Italian and/or German versions > of en:Mulatto. You will get an extraordinary glimpse of what different > groups consider relevant about this subject - the French have an > especially interesting comparison of the term in several languages. > >> >> I suppose it's intellectually dishonest to claim that "most American blacks >> are part white", since it's possibly also true that "most American whites >> are part black" > > Citation needed?:P > > Strainu > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
