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Max (et al),
After I filed a story on the first black woman to be elected mayor of Rio de Janeiro, my New York-based copy editor changed her description to "African-American woman." While there is the argument we know and love about what "American" means, still this just goes to reinforce your comment about the hyphenizations being a USn thang. The only one ever used in Brazil was "Afro-Brasileiro," used to characterize candomblé rituals and much of the music. Never the people, who are for the most part proudly Brazilian and a spectrum, their own se'fs.
"You do not know how difficult it is to govern a country that produces 483 types of cheeses" - De Gaulle [evil-grin]
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Where did you say you were from? Bingley 07/26/01 04:56 AM Re: Where did you say you were from? NicholasW 07/26/01 07:07 AM Re: Where did you say you were from? belligerentyouth 07/26/01 07:50 AM Re: Where did you say you were from? of troy 07/26/01 03:21 PM Re: Where did you say you were from? wow 07/26/01 07:25 PM Max Quordlepleen 07/26/01 09:11 PM Bra-zil AnnaStrophic 07/26/01 10:18 PM Re: Bra-zil tsuwm 07/26/01 10:51 PM Re: Bra-zil NicholasW 07/27/01 08:04 AM Re: Bra-zil rodward 07/27/01 12:53 PM Re: Wel-sh Faldage 07/27/01 12:56 PM Re: Wel-sh RhubarbCommando 07/27/01 02:24 PM
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