Ok, I can accept that, but... I won't go into it. On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 1:31 PM, Martin Baxter <truthseeker...@hotmail.com>wrote:
> > > He meant culturally. My skin could've been as dark as his, but, at the end > of the day, I hadn't experienced life in Africa. I was a comfy, pampered > American. > > > "If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in > bloody hell hired the director?" -- Charles L Grant > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik > > > > > ------------------------------ > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > From: hellomahog...@gmail.com > Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2010 13:11:58 -0800 > Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] The 2010 Census using the term "Negro??" > > > Could you elaborate on his comment? I have a problem with "NO, sir... > you are NOT African." statement. We may not be 100% African here but we're > definitely not European either. > > > On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 1:05 PM, Martin Baxter > <truthseeker...@hotmail.com>wrote: > > > > I've gone with American since my Salad Daze in college, when I met a > gentleman from... the Ivory Coast, if memory serves. I called myself > African-American at the time, and he corrected me, gently but pointedly, > "NO, sir... you are NOT African." In the early 90s, when I went to Africa to > visit Kenya, the homeland of the father of the woman I was seeing at the > time, I saw why. > > As for this story... more evidence of how disconnected from reality the > masses can be. > > "If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in > bloody hell hired the director?" -- Charles L Grant > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik > > > > > ------------------------------ > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > From: hellomahog...@gmail.com > Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2010 17:45:18 -0800 > Subject: [scifinoir2] The 2010 Census using the term "Negro??" > > > Ok, was this something written by Strom Thurmond before he croaked? > > Which do you prefer? Negro? Or African American? > > > > http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/01/07/word-negro-reportedly-included-census-form/ > > > The U.S. Census has shocked the senses for many who want to know why the > descriptor, "Negro," is being used in the 2010 questionnaire, the New York > Daily News reported. > The term is included under Question No. 9 of the 2010 census questionnaire, > which was approved by Congress over a year ago. > The question, which asks about race, provides the following answer choice: > "Black, African Am., or Negro." > The word "Negro," referring to individuals of black African descent, > represents to many a low moment in U.S. history. Considered a racial slur by > leaders of the civil rights movement, the term has since been abandoned for > its association with slavery and segregation. > But the Census Bureau has defended its decision to include the word, saying > older generations of African Americans often identify themselves as > "Negroes," according to the newspaper. > "Many older African Americans identified themselves that way, and many > still do," Census Bureau spokesman Jack Martin told the newspaper. "Those > who identify themselves as Negroes need to be included." > > > > > -- > Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! > Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ > > > ------------------------------ > Hotmail: Powerful Free email with security by Microsoft. Get it > now.<http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/196390710/direct/01/> > > > > > -- > Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! > Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ > > > ------------------------------ > Your E-mail and More On-the-Go. Get Windows Live Hotmail Free. Sign up > now. <http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/196390709/direct/01/> > > > -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
