Thursday, January 22, 2004
"African American"
Check out this story- some kids at a school promoted one of their friends for the "African-American of the Year" award, and were disciplined for it. The reason? The friend was white.
But he was from South Africa, immigrating 6 years ago.
So we can't say black, we have to say African American, but they don't mean African American, they mean black.
Weird.
Kudos to the Volokh Conspiracy for the link.
But he was from South Africa, immigrating 6 years ago.
So we can't say black, we have to say African American, but they don't mean African American, they mean black.
Weird.
Kudos to the Volokh Conspiracy for the link.
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