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Re: VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE... Being PC
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Excalibur131 <[log in to unmask]>
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Sat, 20 Jan 2007 22:03:04 -0500
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From: "Anne Pemberton" <[log in to unmask]>
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Subject: Re: VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE... Being PC


<snip>
> A lot of African-Americans are as interested in their "heritage" as are 
> white folks.
<snip>
> Anne Pemberton


I'm not offended by it, but I'm somewhat taken back by the use of 
"African-Americans" vs. "white folks." Is there a double-standard at work 
here? If the identifying terminology were reversed how would the sentence 
read?

Tom
Eastern Shore & More Forum
http://www.easternshoremore.com/forum/ 

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