During a frank discussion in class one day I asked one of my black students who identified himself as African American if he was born in Africa... answer was no. I then asked him if his parents were born in Africa... again, no. I asked if his grandparents were born in Africa... he didn't know. I asked him if he or his parents ever even visited Africa, his answer again, was no. Then, I asked him, how could he be African American? Shouldn't he be described as black, just as caucasians are labeled as white?
What do you think?
2006-10-31
10:23:39
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