http://dissidentvoice.org/2007/08/from-scotland-to-caracas/ a radical newsletter in the struggle for peace and social justice Thu, 08 Dec 2011 15:07:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://dissidentvoice.org/2007/08/from-scotland-to-caracas/#comment-4263 Muhammad Idrees Ahmad Mon, 20 Aug 2007 01:24:40 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2007/08/from-scotland-to-caracas/#comment-4263 Unless Ralph was running in the US presidential elections as a Lebanese citizen, I don't see how his ethnicity is relevant? My observation is about the US political milieu, not the ethnicity of the candidate. Or are you suggesting an Arab should never be described as an 'American'? Unless Ralph was running in the US presidential elections as a Lebanese citizen, I don’t see how his ethnicity is relevant? My observation is about the US political milieu, not the ethnicity of the candidate. Or are you suggesting an Arab should never be described as an ‘American’?

]]> http://dissidentvoice.org/2007/08/from-scotland-to-caracas/#comment-4260 Kenneth T. Tellis Sun, 19 Aug 2007 22:59:09 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2007/08/from-scotland-to-caracas/#comment-4260 I think that sometimes people overlook minorities and the an overview that a person is automatically a European. That as Michael Kenny has pointed out is the proof. But again we must be very careful when we jump to conclusions. Even Hugo Chavez Frias is not strictly speaking a Latino, but of Afro-American origins. And for that matter, there are millions of people around the world who have been put into the wrong racial group by writers etc. I think that sometimes people overlook minorities and the an overview that a person is automatically a European. That as Michael Kenny has pointed out is the proof. But again we must be very careful when we jump to conclusions. Even Hugo Chavez Frias is not strictly speaking a Latino, but of Afro-American origins. And for that matter, there are millions of people around the world who have been put into the wrong racial group by writers etc.

]]> http://dissidentvoice.org/2007/08/from-scotland-to-caracas/#comment-4062 Michael Kenny Tue, 14 Aug 2007 14:55:46 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2007/08/from-scotland-to-caracas/#comment-4062 Small correction of fact: Ralph Nader's parents were Lebanese. He cannot therefore be described as a "Euro-American". Small correction of fact: Ralph Nader’s parents were Lebanese. He cannot therefore be described as a “Euro-American”.

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