I found these comments troubling. Do we distinguish
between "white" americans and recent european
immigrants? I believe we do. This is because of
cultural, lingual, and other differences. The same is
true of African immigrants.
David Strand
Ward 7
--- j harmon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'd be interested in finding out why African
> Americans are drawing a line
> between themselves and Somalians. Somalia's in
> Africa last I checked. If
> they've relocated here, they're basically African
> Americans. Every race in
> the world embraces and touts the differences among
> themselves, not the
> likenesses. That seems to cause problems. We're all
> one race - human. While
> it's perceived that caucasians are the cause of most
> racial bigotry, it's
> been my experience that no one is harder on an
> ethnic minority or group than
> another ethnic minority or group. It's a shame.
> JHarmon
> Cleveland
>
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