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Re: Racial Classification & credit line

From:Andreas Johansson <andjo@...>
Date:Friday, January 2, 2004, 17:03
Quoting Costentin Cornomorus <elemtilas@...>:

> > I also feel that 'African', > > 'European' etc. simply > > should indicate on what continent one was born, > > not what color one's > > skin has, which to me is a very superficial > > concern. > > Yep. It's always a riot to watch the reactions on > people's faces here when a "white" man says he's > an "African-American". It's not enough that you > were born in Durban or similar!
A Spanish girl I know rather delights in refering to herself as "African", or speaking of "home in Africa". She's from Ceuta ... Her given name, Aythami, is apparently from Guanche. Andreas