Klarinet Archive - Posting 000267.txt from 1999/02

From: David Blumberg <reedman@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] re:Black, or African American
Date: Sat, 6 Feb 1999 19:01:08 -0500

Edmund William White <ewwhite@-----.edu>
cc: klarinet@-----.org
Subject: Re: [kl] Women and orchestras/political correctness
Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.96.990206114944.2910H-100000@-----.edu>
> You are right. Ever notice how Black people born and raised in England
> don't speak Ebonics. They have British accents! (By the way, what do you
> call them, to be politically correct? African-Englishpersons?)
>
>
Eh, to be politically correct, you should probably use "Black" as
opposed to some derivation of "African-X". Just my humble opinion. I
always hated when people would go out of their way to address me as an
African-American. Black is easier. I would have problems trying to
address my friends by THEIR family lineages; uh,
Russian-German-Irish-American. Oh well.
Ed White

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Ed, I'm not black, but the term "African American" IS the politically
correct one from all that I have heard, and read. I much prefer black
(myself), and think that the African American stuff is silly, but then
again - I didn't make the "rules". (what if they are Caribbean american,
etc....).

David Blumberg - My Tempo Accompaniments for Woodwind Players (100+ pieces,
Demos)
reedman@-----.com
http://www.sneezy.org/david_blumberg/
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