Ravenwood - 12/15/05 06:45 AM
You gotta love James Taranto:
From a Baltimore Sun article on Anthony Brown, who is running for Maryland's lieutenant governor on a ticket with Martin O'Malley:He chose a partner who reflects some of the diversity of Maryland. Brown is the product of the marriage between a Cuban father raised in Jamaica and a Swiss mother.
"It does not hurt that he is an African-American," [Rep. Elijah] Cummings said. "African-Americans in the Democratic Party want to see somebody on that level representing them, coming from that community."
OK, here's a trivia question. Which of the following countries is in Africa?
a. Cuba
b. Jamaica
c. SwitzerlandActually, as far as we know, the answer is d. none of the above.
What ever happened to Black and White?
Since I'm white, I want to be called North America, American.
Posted by: Derek at December 15, 2005 8:46 AMI'll be putting "Hibernian-American" down on all future .gov paperwork..
Posted by: Bruce at December 15, 2005 10:49 AMI'm a big fan of being "Native American." I was born here, afterall. And if it happens to help with college applications, well, I can't be responsible for the racial preferences of the admissions board...
Posted by: Nate at December 15, 2005 11:46 AMMy ancestors came out of Africa about 100,000 years ago.
I'd so love to fill out all those law enforcement applications with those phrases. Sometimes they frown on smart-asses though.
Posted by: Rhett at December 15, 2005 3:21 PM(c) Ravenwood and Associates, 1990 - 2014
