Confusion, even at the highest level

[Randy Alexander]

USA Today has this:

"According to a Seattle Police Department report
<http://www.seattle.gov/police/publications/special/Public_Possession_of_Legal_Marijuana.pdf>,
more than 36% of the 82 citations were to African-Americans. Blacks make up
8% of Seattle's population, according to the 2010 Census
<http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/53/5363000.html>."

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2014/07/31/seattle-police-officer-marijuana-enforcement/13415119/

Randy
On Jul 28, 2014 6:57 PM, "Wilson Gray" <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

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> "[Name], played by _African-American_ actor Isaac C. Singleton, Jr., and
> [Name], played by the _black_ English actor, Treva Etienne."
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> - Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
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> I'd have expected "African-English" or "African-British," if the prefix,
> _African-_, had any real, independent use other than as a sad, depressing
> calque on "Irish-American" et sim.
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