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[Philip & Susan Troy]

Lord Boroghul Khara wrote:

> Reminds me of my year in Holland (1977-1978)
> While the family was on a road trip from our Village of Nieukoop touring
> Belgium, France, Switzerland, and Germany, I found myself face to face with
> a couple of things that struck me as just plain wierd as a kid, but had me
> laughing when I saw them touched upon by Whoopie Goldberg in later years.
> The first:   "These people haven't seen a black person since Hannibal came
> through"


Not to change the subject or anything, but have I missed some of the
research, and is there actually evidence suggesting Hannibal was black?
(I mean, apart from the fact that he was African?) I understood the
Carthaginians to be a largely Hellenized empire of caucasian ancestry.
But I see your point, especially in a part of Europe (and there are
several of them) where somebody with pale skin and brown hair and eyes
is apt to be nicknamed "Blackie".


> and "Yes, we have seen in American documentaries how life is for the black
> person.  Tell us what it is like to live in the Ghetto, and please, eat this
> watermelon, we got it special for you"
>
> No, I didn't have that quite happen in those exact words, but the kids in my
> village did call me "Zwarte Piete!" around December 5th.

KEWL!!! Did you have the requisite big stick handy? We don' need no
steenkeeng lumps of coal!

Adamantius
--
Phil & Susan Troy

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"It was so blatant that Roger threw at him.  Clemens gets away with
things that get other people thrown out of games.  As long as they
let him get away with it, it's going  to continue." -- Joe Torre, 9/98