Race: White Man Calls Himself African-American
A former New Jersey Medical School student, who described his ethnic background as "white, African-American," is suing the school claiming that he had been racially discriminated against, according to the Associated Press. Paulo Serodio, a student at The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, is Caucasian but told fellow classmates and school employees that since he was born in Mozambique, he identifies himself as "white, African-American." At first his peers recommended that he stop but, soon after, he said he discovered fliers hung up around campus, mocking him. Plus, he was assaulted and his car was vandalized. The spokesman for the dental school would not comment on the case.—CO
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THERE IS only ONE RACE THE HUMAN RACE
Posted at 5/16/2009 6:30 AM by Sharon
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EVERONES A HUMAN RACE PERIOD AND LETS LEAVE IT AT THAT
Posted at 5/16/2009 6:28 AM by SHARON THURMAN
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Listen to yourselves, the man was born in Mozambique, not South Africa. Most Americans would not even know where Mozambique is, if he had said he was a Mozambican American, "everyone" would have said "where is that" therefore the easiest way to define himself would have been African American, that way "everybody" could identify with the continent.
Surely all the students needed to do is ask which country in Africa he was from, and end of story.
Posted at 5/16/2009 3:39 AM by Mozambique
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too bad man, I know what you mean. Iam African British, born in England but parents are from Zambia.
How do you think White South Africans and Zimbabweansfare? They are white but African, educate you selves about the world beyond your baclk yard people.
If they had lineage to America, they would be White African Americans.
Posted at 5/14/2009 8:10 AM by tembo
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Aboriginals and 79% of Indians have black skin but their are not Africans. Also many Asian countries have black skinned peoples even in China there is black skinned people. The blackfoot tribe in USA were black. Africa is a place and it's where we came from black is a colour. Some Southern Europeans, are not white in color but they are Europeans. This man isn't Mix-race but a White man who was born in Africa. I was born in Europe does that make me a European? My grand parents came from Jamaica and Cuba. I am not white but I feel European I understand his stand point. If I came to USA to live could I be African American or European American?
Posted at 5/13/2009 9:38 PM by Black Dutch famale
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