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From: lilandbr@scn.org (Leland Bryant Ross)
Subject: Re: Gaijin vs -san  (was Re: If you hate ... )
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Date: Wed, 5 Mar 1997 03:25:30 GMT
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In a previous article, gumboot@airdmhor.gen.nz (Simon Hosie) says:

>H Andrew Chuang:
>> I brought up this subject because I read somewhere that Brazilians feel
>> offended why people from the US describe themselves as Americans.  You
>> may think it's alright to call yourself an American, but some don't.
>
>  It's as alright for US-Americans to call themselves "Americans" as it is
>for Brazillians to call themselves "Americans".  Do they protest whenever
>US-Americans refer to themselves as human, shouting "Hey, you're not the
>_only_ humans around here, you know."?  If a US-American called themself a
>Brazilian, _then_ Brazilians have samething to bitch about.

Sounds like plain old affirmative action to me.
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