[Ads-l] Fwd: "Born in" vs. "second-generation"

[Joel Berson]

Ah, that explains it.  But doesn't excuse it.


Joel

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I immediately understood it as "children of people born in Africa". This is
confirmed in the NBA press release:

http://www.nba.com/2015/news/07/16/nba-africa-game-2015-official-release/

...Al-Farouq Aminu (Portland Trail Blazers; U.S.; parents from Nigeria),
Giannis Antetokounmpo (Milwaukee Bucks; Greece; parents from Nigeria),
Nicolas Batum (Charlotte Hornets; France; parent from Cameroon)...

This is an unusual twist on the concept of "second-generation": it's a
second-generation emigrant, rather than a second-generation immigrant.

DanG

On Fri, Jul 17, 2015 at 2:03 PM, Joel Berson <berson at att.net> wrote:

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> "[Three Boston Celtics basketball players] will be members of Team World,
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> hich will face Team Africa, comprised of players born in Africa or
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> eneration Africans."
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> Adam Himmelsbach, Globe Staff, Boston Globe, today, Sports.
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> Huh?=C2=A0 Aren't "second-generation Africans" by definition born in
> Africa=
> ?=C2=A0 This criterion for Team Africa is presumably meant to exclude
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> rants born outside Africa, but the writer's explanation eludes me.
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> Joel
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