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<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Arial">As we are discussing prototypes at the moment, here is another</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Arial">example which I discussed</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Arial">last week</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Arial">with my students coming</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> </SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Arial">from 4 different</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Arial"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Arial">countries south of the Sahara (black Africa).</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Arial">I asked them who</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Arial">m</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Arial"> they would consider a</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Arial">“</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Arial">white (person)</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Arial">”</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Arial"> (un blanc).</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Arial">To my</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Arial">surpri</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Arial">z</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Arial">e</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Arial"> all of them answered: Caucasians, Arabs, Chinese and </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Arial">mestizos</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Arial">. Well, I, a German</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Arial">,</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Arial">do not consider myself a Chinese, but</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Arial">I can accept to be classed with Chinese, Arabs and mestizos as white.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Arial">Any comments</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Arial">on</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Arial">“</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Arial">whiteness</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Arial">”</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Arial"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Arial">from</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Arial">“</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Arial">your</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Arial">”</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Arial"> p</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Arial">oint of view</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Arial">?</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
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