Richard,
The original point of this thread was "
black African Americans " think they have more rights to be promoted
than ( as you are insisting ) " white African Americans " exactly
because of their RACE.
So the original point is why are they using RACE ? Because they and
their supporters are racists and use race as their ace in the hole
against ' whitey " to get ahead. No one here was arguing the genealogy
of man or the color of their hair, eyes nor whether they came here '
illegally " or not.
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On Jun 30, 12:39 pm, RICHARD BROWN <[email protected]>
wrote:
> Exactly. Why do we pigeon-hole people? I have 10 "Hispanic"
> grandchildren, according to government pigeon-holers. Three have a
> father from Guatemala and have an "Hispanic" name. One of those three
> looks like his father with black hair and brown eyes and brown skin.
> His brother has sandy hair, blue eyes and very light-brown skin.
> Their sister has brown hair, brown eyes and light-brown skin. They
> have not adopted the language of their father. These three, though
> only carrying 50% of their father's genes are listed as "Hispanic" not
> Anglo. I wonder how that makes the Anglo world feel to be rejected so
> easily?
> Moving on...another daughter married a man whose mother came from
> Mexico and whose father came from India. That would make him half
> "Hispanic" and half "Oriental" or do we refer to those kinds of people
> as "Sub-Cons" as they come from the subcontinent? :-) He has an East
> Indian surname and does not speak Spanish and his five children are
> light-brown skinned with black hair and brown eyes...pretty exotic
> kids let me tell you. They are 25% "Hispanic", 25% East Indian and
> 50% Anglo, but to the government they are "Hispanic".
> Finally another daughter marries a man from Chili and of course he
> speaks Spanish, but he also speaks German and English because his
> parents were from Germany and he arrived here when he was a teenager.
> He has a German surname and is blonde with blue eyes. His wife is
> blonde with green eyes and both of their daughters are blonde with
> blue eyes. And according to the government they are "Hispanic".
> If we check it out, we are all of African origin so that would make us
> all African-Americans, right?
> And the human comedy goes on.
>
> On Jun 30, 8:50 am, plainolamerican <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Has it ever occurred to anyone here that there is no such thing as
> > race?
> > ---
> > just another area of study where scientists disagree
> > it's no wonder that some people don't respect their opinions
>
> > The whole idea of dividing the human race into different races
> > is bogus.
> > --
> > unless you want to provide minorities with special treatment
>
> > On Jun 30, 9:46 am, RICHARD BROWN <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
>
> > > Has it ever occurred to anyone here that there is no such thing as
> > > race? The whole idea of dividing the human race into different races
> > > is bogus. A dog is a dog and a cat is a cat. There are breeds of
> > > dogs and cats but you can't cross breed a dog and a cat. Humans can
> > > and do cross breed with other humans. The whole idea of different
> > > races began with a German anthropologist, to justify slavery and we
> > > still accept his error....because? 1. It makes us feel superior to
> > > other humans. 2. We can pretend to be oppressed and get special
> > > treatment. Etc.
> > > I belong to a group of people who create non-profit organizations and
> > > most of the members are entrepreneurs or proffesionals (M.D., CPA,
> > > Attorney) and most of them are just a few generations from Africa.
> > > All humans came from Africa, by the way. They do not fit the mold
> > > most of you seem to have for such people. These people are leaders,
> > > they are educated, they are doers, not complainers, they are
> > > spiritual, not religious, they are unifiers, not dividers, they
> > > quietly go about serving humanity.
>
> > > On Jun 29, 10:16 pm, "d.b.baker" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > I suspect Sotomayer's real problem is not the law, but her appearance;
> > > > she looks like Quasimodo.
>
> > > > So, she equates growing up in the South Bronx as equivalent to a
> > > > vicious, dog-eat-dog determent camp. Which the South Bronx was not, at
> > > > least the section where she lived around Yankee Stadium.
>
> > > > It wasn't the shortage of Latin lessons or calculus, but the shortage
> > > > of dates - as in none. Which turned all "her" neighborhoods into one
> > > > big metal foundry, and her own personal, giant axe to grind.- Hide
> > > > quoted text -
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