----- Original Message ----- From: "Anne Pemberton" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2007 3:00 PM 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/ To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html