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El Bastardo 05-14-2009 08:08 PM

Unexpected Racism
 
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Can a white guy be African-American?

Paulo Serodio says he is.

Born and raised in Mozambique and now a naturalized U.S. citizen, Serodio, 45, has filed a lawsuit against a New Jersey medical school, claiming he was harassed and ultimately suspended for identifying himself during a class cultural exercise as a "white African-American."

...

After Serodio labeled himself as a white African-American, another student said she was offended by his comments and that, because of his white skin, was not an African-American.

According to the lawsuit, Serodio was summoned to Duncan's office where he was instructed "never to define himself as an African-American … because it was offensive to others and to people of color for him to do so."

It's crazy," Serodio's attorney Gregg Zeff told ABCNews.com. "Because that's what he is."




http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=7567291

shenmecar 05-14-2009 08:25 PM

how is that offensive........

if youre white and raised in africa then immigrated to the states. its logical to call urself a white african amiercan considering all those terms are met.

pawdregry4g 05-14-2009 08:29 PM

Idiotic, it should be the chick that is reprimanded for her color coding of African american.

Black SC2 05-14-2009 09:56 PM

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Originally Posted by pawdregry4g (Post 6423856)
Idiotic, it should be the chick that is reprimanded for her color coding of African american.

Winner.

I feel bad for the guy, who is he supposed to identify with? He's more African than many 'African' Americans he's likely to deal with, but likely not crackerish enough to get along with all the whites in the states.

Mancini 05-14-2009 10:02 PM

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Originally Posted by shenmecar (Post 6423854)
how is that offensive........

if youre white and raised in africa then immigrated to the states. its logical to call urself a white african amiercan considering all those terms are met.

Quoted for truth.

Quote:

Originally Posted by pawdregry4g (Post 6423856)
Idiotic, it should be the chick that is reprimanded for her color coding of African american.

And again.

woob 05-14-2009 10:20 PM

The whole deal with "equity" and being all PC is getting out of hand.


But that's totally irrelevant. Ms. Africa-America is a retard.


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