Sage, correct. As far as richards post... It is they who are "pigeon-holing" themselves.
On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 11:25 AM, Sage2 <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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. > > > > > > > ********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** > > 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 - > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > > > -- Mark M. 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