It is my opinion that a people, a group of people, should be allowed to 
decide how it is that they wish to be described or referred to. American 
blacks have had to deal with all sorts of "identification" issues, I think.
Up from slaves but down from Jim Crow. Then there are the issues that arose 
from intermarrying....are they part this or part that or part anything or 
fully this or fully that?
By God, if it gives these dear people a stronger sense of who they are to be 
called African Americans rather than whatever else they've been called, 
then I say, give it to them. Is it too much to ask?
DFM



----- Original Message ----- 
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Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2007 10:03 PM
Subject: Re: VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE... Being PC


> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Anne Pemberton" <[log in to unmask]>
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> Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2007 3:00 PM
> Subject: Re: VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE... Being PC
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>
> <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
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