In South Africa, Chinese is the new Black
- added June 19, 2008
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- Ice_cream_Man
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China Journal reports:
"A high court in South Africa ruled on Wednesday that Chinese-South Africans will be reclassified as “black,” a term that includes black Africans, Indians and others who were subject to discrimination under apartheid. As a result of this ruling, ethnically Chinese citizens will be able to benefit from government affirmative action policies aimed at undoing the effects of apartheid."
-In South Africa they have pretty much put everyone in the catagory. In their eyes your either white or black. China is also tying to get natural resources from Africa as well.
"A high court in South Africa ruled on Wednesday that Chinese-South Africans will be reclassified as “black,” a term that includes black Africans, Indians and others who were subject to discrimination under apartheid. As a result of this ruling, ethnically Chinese citizens will be able to benefit from government affirmative action policies aimed at undoing the effects of apartheid."
-In South Africa they have pretty much put everyone in the catagory. In their eyes your either white or black. China is also tying to get natural resources from Africa as well.
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- Ice_cream_Man
- 2 months ago
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This is going to be an long argument..I can tell already.
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- Ice_cream_Man
- 2 months ago
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what?....i thouhgt it was allways supposed to be like. midlle easterns are brown... african americans are black... asians are yellow... whites are white...
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man... this changes everything
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Man. Those Asians are everywhere!
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IF ANYONE READ THEIR BIBLE THEY WILL SEE THAT ASIANS DESCENTED FROM AFRICANS!
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The bible is not known for its accuracy.
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And I love how anyone who uses all caps thinks they're getting their point out more effectively.
Ditto on that kewai. -
Has anyone converted The Bible into text lingo that would be a great idea!
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I wish there was a sparknotes for the bible.
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cool..to give justice & equality to those who suffered however they may do it..is alright by me!
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yeah and if anyone read their -ahem- science they'll see that everyone descended from africans.....
but i agree with lulu, classifications like 'black' or 'white' are culturally bound and can mean entirely different things based on context, so more power to them; I had an African-Am friend who traveled to Kenya and to the residents she was always a "mizungu" (sorry about spelling) which is the word commonly used for white person. Her western attitudes and behaviors made her white in their cultural context.
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