Re: Shy DAFNz Obscure SAT DAFNgapz...

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From: toto
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2004 22:31

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On Mon, 12 Apr 2004 20:25:15 GMT, brojack@windswept.net (BroJack)
wrote:

>On Mon, 12 Apr 2004 14:49:36 -0500, toto <scarecrow@wicked.witch>
>wrote:
>
>
>>Note - his mother is white and his father is black.  Why should he
>>choose one race or the other when he is both.
>
>Most "breeds" consider themselves black either "cuz black iz cool" or
>they know they "qualify" for racial preferences.
>
That *was* true for quite some time..  OTOH, it is changing and
parents are rebelling about the labels.   Here many of our children
will not check those boxes because they believe it is a slight to
one parent to claim only the racial heritage of the other parent.

>Two famous ones come to mind: the actress Halle Berry and the
>ex-footballer Franco Harris.
>
I suspect that Berry and Harris would have been called black by
others even if they had chosen not to so designate given their
skin tones.   

>BroJack


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