Ethnicities and Origins

For years we as African Americans have been referred to as "blacks", a non- descript word that does not define our origin or our ethnicity. Now that in South Africa the Chinese are being classified as "blacks" reactions and comments are spanning both sides of the spectrum. This news report on yahoo.com today: http://blogs.wsj.com/chinajournal/2008/06/19/in-south-africa-chinese-is-the-new-black/?mod=yhoofront
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