Uh, Oh.  Here we go again.  It would seem obvious to me that an
African-American would have a better sense (depending on his/her life
circumstances) of what it would be like to be African-American in a
predominantly Anglo culture.  This is dependent on a lot of factors but
would basically, I think, be accurate.  I am assuming that an
African-American who chooses to study African-American history would have
some deeper insights that an Anglo persuing the same subject.  No, I don't
think there is an ounce of racism involved and I have not observed an such
expressions in this thread, thus far.


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Robert Handy
Brazoria County Historical Museum
100 East Cedar
Angleton, Texas  77515
(409) 864-1208
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From:   Adrienne Deangelis[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
Sent:   Wednesday, August 26, 1998 12:35 PM
To:     [log in to unmask]
Subject:        Equity and All That

Why in the world would anyone think that just because one is born
African-American, Native-American, etc, that one automatically has an
"understanding" of the history and culture of that people??  And that this
inborn knowledge that one is supposed to have is superior to academic (and
related) study and research??  Isn't this "reverse racism"?

A. DeAngelis