Quote:Isn't all human life traced back to mitochondrial DNA of Africa? That whole Cradle of Life, Mesopotamia thing?

Personally, I loathe the term African American. I never found the word black to be offensive. Not when used in Black History Month or the James Brown classic, "I'm Black and I'm Proud."

Of course, I hesitate to mention this as I am also a white Hispanic. It may not qualify as a race to some, but the government makes sure Hispanic is an option on a variety of classifying documents I have filled out over the years.

That government form will be hugely important as the numbers of hispanics/latinos exceed those of Afro-based minorities. There's tremendous power in being the Majority Minority group.


And don't you ever hesitate to talk about these things, we may not agree but no one should ever make you feel like you can't have your say.

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