Re: sturdy old apple

["Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast DOT net>]

<exegete@nunya.biz> wrote in message
news:41089118$1_5@corp.newsgroups.com...
:
:
: Simon Williams wrote:
:
: > <exegete@nunya.biz> wrote:
: >
: >
: >>My son-in-law, an "African-American" prefers to be called an
"American."
: >>If there is a need to disguish him from "Arian-Americans" (as
opposed to
: >>Italian or Polish Americans?) he prefers the term "black".
: >
: >
: > So is a white South African who emigrates to the U.S.
considered
: > "African American"?
:
: No. He'd be an "Afrikan American"  ;-)
:
: Actually, some South African whites have roots in South Africa
that
: predate the arrival of some black african tribes.
:
: But the whole question is silly, isn't it?

Rather, yes.

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