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The Benefits of Heritage
I read the other day that Jesse Jackson was the first person to use the term African American, back in the sixties.Who knows if it's true? One thing seems certain: Whoever did coin the term probably didn't have Teresa Heinz Kerry in mind.
Check out the fourth paragraph of the article. I thought I paid attention to Teresa's speech at the dem convention, but I missed this.
OK, so she's an African American. By the same token, so to speak, that makes me a Native American.
So her husband secures the African American vote, if for no other good reason than he has an African American wife?
I'm fine with that. I just figured out my kids are entitled to college free-of-charge.
Ain't labels grand?
Posted by Katy on 08/12/04 at 02:27 PM
Fallible Comments...
- Makes me want to follow through with a frivolous plan I had to join the D.A.R. AND the Cherokee nation. My mom's side goes back to the Pilgrims, my dad's very slightly Cherokee, just enough to get me in, I think.
-----Posted by Anne on 08/13/04 at 02:28 AM - My little sister, who was born in Liberia, West Africa, told her classmates in junior high that she was African-American. It didn't go over too well...
Posted by Ellen on 08/13/04 at 04:36 PM
- If you're from America, you're an American. Not by race or ethnicity, but by virtue of grounding your life here. I am an American not because I'm native (I'm actually Croatian) but because this is my home.
I don't believe Mrs. Kerry made claims to be African in race or ethnicity, so why the nit pick? I'm usually a pretty happy lurker, but I have to say I don't think August has been your greatest month.Posted by Drina on 08/30/04 at 05:54 AM
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