2010/11/17 <wjhon...@aol.com>: > In a message dated 11/17/2010 1:23:04 PM Pacific Standard Time, > steven.wall...@gmail.com writes: > > >> Also, point of quibbling as an American: not looking to argue about it, >> but >> Obama is generally thought of as African American, as it says in the >> second >> sentence of his en.wiki article. It might offend people if you try and say >> our President isn't black. >> >> > > Obama is exactly half-black and half-white. > Funny how he is "African American" but of course he is equally "Caucasian > American"
Which shows only hot dangerous "political correctness" can get. I wonder if in 2050, when the white population will no longer be be in majority, such a person will be called an European-American... For those of you who speak other languages than English, I suggest reading the English, French, Spanish, Italian and/or German versions of en:Mulatto. You will get an extraordinary glimpse of what different groups consider relevant about this subject - the French have an interesting comparison of the term in several languages. > > I suppose it's intellectually dishonest to claim that "most American blacks > are part white", since it's possibly also true that "most American whites > are part black" Citation needed?:P Strainu _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
