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Old Tue Aug 09, 2005, 02:35pm
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Re: It not about being PC, it is about being correct.

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Originally posted by JRutledge
Mark, everyone that is Black is not an American. Pele is Black, but he would never be African-American. That also applies to many Latin players from other countries. Sammy Sosa is clearly Black, he is not an African-American.

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Are you implying that people from the Domenican Republic (Sosa) or Brazil (Pele) are not "Americans"? Or that they do not have African Heritage and bloodlines?
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