"People of color" was; Re: Whom Hispanics call "Hispanic" -- or not

[Joel S. Berson]

At 5/27/2009 06:25 PM, Wilson Gray wrote:
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>Perhaps my perception is colored by my background,

Don't be bashful, Wilson -- your foreground.  :-)

>but I've always
>considered "people of color" to be a phrase empty of content, meaning
>only what its writer/speaker intends it to mean
>...
>Anyone white, but not white enough: Turks, Arabs, Armenians, Gypsies,
>members of various European-Spanish ethnic groups

and Jews.

Joel

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