tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29570776.post116458400731879799..comments2023-11-03T04:34:08.300-05:00Comments on Delta Scoop: Color-BlindUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29570776.post-1164720668288009402006-11-28T07:31:00.000-06:002006-11-28T07:31:00.000-06:00To clarify a point for readers---and Sis from Seat...To clarify a point for readers---and Sis from Seattle: The newspaper did not label the lawmakers as "black." This is the label of their own choosing. Not all segregation begins and ends with the white man. <BR/><BR/>Imagine a headline that read "White Lawmakers Convene." Or Hispanic Lawmakers or Asian Lawmakers, etc. How would that make sense? <BR/><BR/>100 Black Men. Miss Black America. BTV. As long as black Americans want to be considered ONLY black as a priority over their status as Americans, then they will always seem to be struggling for acceptance. <BR/><BR/>My ancestry is Scotch-Irish. Yet I do not label myself as such, nor do I feel the need to make the constant reference to my "homeland." I am an American.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com