I am with you on this one. Blacks who have been born and raised in this country and others having parents going back several generations are now Americans. Why distinguish them as African-Americans?
Why not call me a German-American or a Romanian-American. It makes no sense. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ed Leafe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "ProFox Email List" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, June 25, 2007 9:20 PM Subject: Re: [OT] New Poll: The Cause of the war in Iraq > On Jun 25, 2007, at 8:28 PM, Leland F. Jackson, CPA wrote: > >> African Americans > > I personally despise the term. I have a good friend who is a white > South African who immigrated to the USA and got his citizenship. > Before that, his family had been in South Africa for over 4 > centuries. Shouldn't he also be referred to as an African-American? > > And what about northern Africans, such as Egyptians or Moroccans? If > they become Americans, are they African-American, too? _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
