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- From: cscoging@unpcs1.cs.unp.ac.za (Chris Scogings)
- Newsgroups: soc.culture.african
- Subject: Re: Is racism "for whites only"?
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 09:19:29 GMT
- Organization: Dept. Computer Science, UNP
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- Paul M Mweene writes (after some provocation):
-
- >What are you doin in Africa? if you come form europe.
-
- I don't come from Europe. I happen to have a white skin, but I am an
- African. I was born in Africa. My parents were born in Africa. My grand
- parents were born in Africa. etc. True, as far as we can work out, somebody
- came from Europe, France to be exact, round about 1760.
-
- Ok, so I come from Europe because my family moved to Africa in 1760. This
- means at least half of all so-called Americans are also Europeans or Asians.
- Do you call your American colleagues Europeans or Asians?
-
- As much as you may hate to admit it, you and I have far more in common than
- black Americans who like to call themselves African, but know nothing about
- Africa. We are Africans. They are not.
-
-
- Never try to teach a pig to sing
- It wastes your time and annoys the pig
- - Robert Heinlein
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