Whites cannot be called African (Unless you are a Democrat)
Even though there are several million African whites:
"A former student claims in a lawsuit that the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey discriminated against him for the way he described his background in classroom discussions on cultural diversity. Paulo Serodio said that in 2006, he told a professor and classmates that he was "white, African, American," which he says accurately reflects the fact that he was born in Mozambique but later became a U.S. citizen.
He said some classmates and staff members at New Jersey Medical School found it offensive that a Caucasian man would call himself "African-American" and that the fallout led to harassment and eventually his suspension from the school. Serodio, who lives in Newark, said some school employees and students told him not to describe himself as "African-American." In the aftermath of his comments, flyers were hung around the school mocking him, he was assaulted and his car was vandalized, Serodio said
His lawyer, Gregg Zeff, said Serodio eventually was suspended for "conduct unbecoming" a student. The suspension came directly from his remarks in class, Zeff said.
Serodio filed the lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Newark on Monday. He is seeking damages from the university and several faculty members and administrators.
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In South Africa, the whites have been there (in an ancestral sense) longer than most of the blacks have. Both major groups are descended from migrants but the whites got there first. So it is not history or place of birth that defines "African" to the Leftists above but race. We see here therefore an explicit example of Leftist racism.
Teresa Heinz, wife of 2004 Presidential contender John Kerry, was also born in Mozambique (of Portuguese ancestry) and she was touted at the time as likely to become the first African-American first lady -- but there was no outrage about that. See also here
And who can forget the absurd proclamation of Bill Clinton as the first African-American president? White skin certainly did not hold up that proclamation!
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It's ironic, and oh-so typical of the Left, that a "genuine" African-American would be treated this way, when millions of phony blacks, (with help from their guilt-ridden White liberal enablers) go around calling themselves African-American, after never having been anywhere near Africa.
Remember the Left's motto:
Do as we say, not as we do.
So someone assaults him and vandalizes his car, but he's the bad guy.
And leftists wonder why conservatives don't respect them.
::: rolls eyes :::
I think it's ridiculous for citizens of the United States of America to call themselves something hyphenated with a non-American source, unless they manage to have dual nationality (tho' "African" isn't a nationality).
"Remember the Left's motto:
Do as we say, not as we do."
Please provide a link to a progressive web site where this "motto" is stated.
Typical repuglicans, make up stuff and call it fact. Pathetic.
Your retarded Anon. Our president hired a tax cheat to help catch other tax cheats. Thats the definition of 'do as we say not as we do'.
It isn't PC to label races by general colors (white, black.) Other anthropological terms are too similar to negative racial slurs (negroid, mongoloid, caucasoid.) Most seem to love political or divisive hyphenated terms. When referring to race, I dislike and think it is highly inaccurate to nationalize race.
"Please provide a link to a progressive web site where this "motto" is stated."
Only a pathetic liberal would make that statement, since their implied motto is well-known. In fact, it's what liberals live by.
I don't believe that it is strictly true to say that original 'white' settlers into southern africa moved into entirely vacant land. While it may be true that 'black' africans in the area were not established in the area in large numbers they were certainly there:
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/556618/southern-Africa/43792/The-Dutch-at-the-Cape
The natives living in the area of southern africa when the europeans first settled there were called Hottentots, but they died out or were killed off. The african tribes now in SA migrated down from the north after the first arrival of the Europeans to the Cape.
"So it is not history or place of birth that defines "African" to the Leftists above but race."
Exactly! It's just another term that is used to "soften" the label "Black" and the inevitable stigma that comes with it.
The fact is that the Left will say, re-write, and re-define whatever they want as long as it fits with their agenda. But if the Right does it, it's considered Politically Incorrect or Hate Speech. Gotta love those double standards.
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