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Date Posted: 19:45:03 09/17/07 Mon
Author: Lynx
Subject: Re: What's the PC term in other countries?
In reply to: SleepingHare 's message, "Re: What's the PC term in other countries?" on 19:21:17 09/17/07 Mon

>Most blacks in Canada call themselves black. A lot of
>blacks are recent immigrants. In that case they
>usually go by their country of origin: Jamaicans,
>Nigerians, Somalians, Guyanans, etc.

Many American blacks reject the "African-American" term. Whoopi Goldberg is one of the high profile ones, and she had been quoted as saying "I'm not an African-American. I'm an American. And I'm black."

I only refer to myself as an Italian-American when I have some point to make about my ethnic tendencies. It's a funny thing, though, how we have a certain shared wavelength with our genetic similars. It completely baffles Mr. Lynx that I am able to point out people of Italian heritage and be correct 100% of the time.

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