In a message dated 11/17/2006 2:37:18 P.M. Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>And the "African Americans" I know call themselves "BLACK", "COLORED" or >"PERSONS OF COLOR". I have known at least three African Americans who were "white". They were whites born in Africa who moved to the USA. And "person of color" has always insulted my intelligence, as, according to optics, black is without any color and white is all colors. The Orwellian wresting of word meanings never ends. Bill Fairchild (an English-American, mostly) "To plunder, to slaughter, to steal, these things they misname empire; and where they make a desert [the sack of Carthage], they call it peace." [Agricola; quoting British chieftain Calgalus' comment on the Roman Empire] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
