Cuomo defeated in NYC Democratic Mayoral Primary

Hercules56 said:
Feigning African-American heritage so as to get an Affirmative Action step up on his college application is a big deal in my mind.
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His father is Ugandan his mother is of Indian origin, he was born in Kampala...they migrated to South Africa, and he hardly has many ties to India...Does your immigration forms and admission forms have any thing classification that might more correctly define his ethnicity?
We get it...you don't like brown people...
 
Susheel said:
His father is Ugandan his mother is of Indian origin, he was born in Kampala...they migrated to South Africa, and he hardly has many ties to India...Does your immigration forms and admission forms have any thing classification that might more correctly define his ethnicity?
We get it...you don't like brown people...
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His father is also Indian.
 
Hercules56 said:
Momdani was asked his race on the Columbia application form, and he answered "black/African-American".
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I'm sorry, is that a yes or a no?

I can't work out if you're being deliberately obtuse or if you have a massive failure of understanding.

Perhaps it's both.
 
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Really? Really? Is this the most salient issue to be discussing, when the main takeaway from the whole story is that New York (City) has laid down a big marker to show which direction they are inclined to go after just a few months after the inauguration. A strong one.

The marker they laid down is pointless in the scheme of things, probably, but this bollocks about the semantic difference between some social constructs is laughable.
 
Hercules56 said:
Very offensive that you think black people are not a race.
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Your answer simply does not follow from my question. All of your dubious accusations aside, do you think 'African American' is a race?

If you feel like casting more aspersions, feel free. I only ask that you also include an actual answer to the question after the third time of asking. Thanks.
 
sinnikal said:
Really? Really? Is this the most salient issue to be discussing, when the main takeaway from the whole story is that New York (City) has laid down a big marker to show which direction they are inclined to go after just a few months after the inauguration. A strong one.

The marker they laid down is pointless in the scheme of things, probably, but this bollocks about the semantic difference between some social constructs is laughable.
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Ok, lets get back to the OP, which is Cuomo losing to Momdani and the general trajectory of the NYC Mayoral race.
 
3point14 said:
You do know that this logic makes about 90% of Americans not Americans, don't you?
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I know it's not Herc's logic, but here's the logic I use:

theprestige said:
The way I see it there's a cohort of Black people in America who have inherited a generational lagacy of discrimination and disenfranchisement. These are "African" Americans in the sense that their ancestors came (or were brought) from Africa, and whose descendants were born into this legacy of racist oppression. It's these people represented by the figure of speech, "African Americans".

White Africans don't share this experience and generational legacy. First generation immigrants and their children don't share this experience. Especially affluent and successful immigrants and their children.

Thus it seems to me that it's a kind of stolen valor, when people like Obama, Harris, and Mamdani claim the African American identity. They don't share the experience, nor have they inherited the legacy of disenfranchisement, that characterizes what we mean by "African American".
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