<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>I imagine there will be an argument about this but the Rif Mountains in Morocco have light skinned, red-haired Berbers, and the Arabs tend to consider themselves "better".  I don't know if that has changed with the recent revitalization movements of Berber languages and ethnic groups.  Any Moroccan opinions?  Christina</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><br><div><div>On Mar 26, 2010, at 6:24 PM, Stan Anonby wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div alink="#990000" leftmargin="0" link="#000066" topmargin="0" bgcolor="#ffffff" vlink="#444464" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0"><div>Is there anywhere in the world today where lighter skinned people are considered "lower"?</div><div> </div><div><font color="#000080" size="4" face="Garamond">Stan</font></div><blockquote style="border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 128); border-left-width: 2px; border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 0px; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 0px; "><div style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal arial; ">----- Original Message -----</div><div style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal arial; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: rgb(228, 228, 228); background-position: initial initial; "><b>From:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a title="haroldfs@gmail.com" href="mailto:haroldfs@gmail.com">haroldfs@gmail.com</a></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal arial; "><b>To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a title="lgpolicy-list@groups.sas.upenn.edu" href="mailto:lgpolicy-list@groups.sas.upenn.edu">lgpolicy-list@groups.sas.upenn.edu</a></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal arial; "><b>Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Friday, March 26, 2010 9:02 AM</div><div style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal arial; "><b>Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[lg policy] NYTimes.com: Who's White?</div><div><br></div><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="528"><tbody><tr><td width="10"><img alt="" src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/misc/spacer.gif" width="10" height="1"></td><td valign="top" width="518"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="518"><tbody><tr><td width="518"><img alt="" src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/misc/spacer.gif" width="1" height="16"></td></tr><tr><td valign="top" width="518"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/"><img border="0" alt="The New York Times" src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/emailthis/head_1.gif" width="134" height="29"></a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><img border="0" alt="E-mail This" src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/emailthis/head_2.gif" width="198" height="29"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/adx/bin/adx_click.html?type=goto&opzn&page=www.nytimes.com/yr/mo/day/books&pos=TopRight-EmailThis&sn2=9b869309/fa99da8c&sn1=2105e1c1/f6286da4&camp=foxsearch2010_emailtools_1225564b_nyt5&ad=ch_88x31_20k&goto=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Efoxsearchlight%2Ecom%2Fcrazyheart" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/adx/images/ADS/22/73/ad.227378/ch_88x31_20k.gif" width="88" height="31"></a></td></tr><tr><td><img alt="" src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/misc/spacer.gif" width="1" height="10"></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#dbdbdb"><img alt="" src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/misc/spacer.gif" width="1" height="1"></td></tr><tr class="bgc2"><td width="518" style="padding-bottom: 11px; padding-left: 11px; padding-right: 11px; padding-top: 11px; "><font class="bodycopy"><strong>This page was sent to you by: </strong><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:haroldfs@gmail.com">haroldfs@gmail.com</a></font><p><font class="emailHeader" style="padding-bottom: 4px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(204, 102, 51); font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; ">Message from sender:</font><br>The History of White People<span clas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