Re: Redskins

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From: Brian J Goggin
Date: Sun, 19 Jan 1997 00:00

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On 20 Jan 1997 08:20:50 +1300, gumboot@airdmhor.gen.nz (Simon Hosie)
wrote:

>Ross Howard <rhoward@valnet.es> wrote:
>> I simply don't understand the US obsession with ethnic origin. I'm
>> from England and, as far as I know, all my forefathers were too. Does
>> this mean I should start referring to myself as a
>> "Celtic/Roman/Viking/Norman Briton".
>
>Steve MacGregor:
>>   If you want to do so, then do so.  Or call yourself an "Anglo-American".
>
>  Is there some meaning of "American" that I don't know about, or does Steve
>have some additional clue as to Ross' nationality?  Based on his address and
>post I make him out to be a Celtic/Roman/Viking/Norman Briton living in
>Spain.

Is it true that an American journalist asked Nelson Mandela what it
felt like to be the first Afro-American leader of South Africa? Or is
this an urban legend?

bjg

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From: bjg@wordwrights.ie (Brian J Goggin)
Subject: Re: Redskins
Date: 1997/01/19
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