http://baseballreflections.com/2010/03/20/stupidity-is-better-kept-a-secret-than-displayed/ A blog where old school baseball meets Sabermetrics while covering every MLB team, bringing you breaking MLB news, fantasy baseball insight, product reviews (equipment, books, movies, etc.), & interviews. Tue, 22 May 2012 14:44:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://baseballreflections.com/2010/03/20/stupidity-is-better-kept-a-secret-than-displayed/comment-page-1/#comment-16922 Smokey Sun, 28 Mar 2010 02:50:18 +0000 http://baseballreflections.com/?p=2847#comment-16922 A black born in the US is, I suppose, an "African American." A black Dominican would be an "African Dominican." We have "African Cubans," and "African Puerto Ricans." The fellows from Ghana are African Ghananians, I guess. How about Arabs from Northern Africa who move to the US? They're from Africa, so are they African Americans? Or are they Arab Americans? How about my sons' junior high geography teacher? He was white, but was born and raised in Kenya? African American or Euro-Afro American? Hunter mispoke, but I certainly can understand if he was confused. A black born in the US is, I suppose, an “African American.” A black Dominican would be an “African Dominican.” We have “African Cubans,” and “African Puerto Ricans.”
The fellows from Ghana are African Ghananians, I guess.
How about Arabs from Northern Africa who move to the US? They’re from Africa, so are they African Americans? Or are they Arab Americans? How about my sons’ junior high geography teacher? He was white, but was born and raised in Kenya? African American or Euro-Afro American?
Hunter mispoke, but I certainly can understand if he was confused.

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