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marshall

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Thu Jan-07-10 09:09 AM
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15. Didn't Teresa point out she is hyphenless?

She said African-American is a term used for people with African ancestry descended from slaves. Those like her and Charlize Theron are African American, without the hyphen.

In which case I suppose Barack Obama is also hyphen free.

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- Key pont there are many of us with African ancestry that are not Aftrican-American	ProgressiveProfessor	Jan-07-10 12:08 PM	#21
- As in	shawcomm	Jan-07-10 07:03 AM	#12
- Didn't Teresa point out she is hyphenless?	marshall	Jan-07-10 09:09 AM	#15
- Africans like Charlize Theron?	HipChick	Jan-07-10 08:34 AM	#14
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- Something that Rachel did NOT mention...	Tx4obama	Jan-07-10 06:52 AM	#11
- Yes. 'Nego' is descriptive, with no cultural/geographic assumptions. nt	Captain Hilts	Jan-07-10 09:18 AM	#17
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