It's particularly absurd to call the Israelis (who come all colors white to black, with most of absolutely Middle Eastern descent) "white", and the Iraqis (pretty pale usually) "black", unless you are really using "white" as a code word for "European style democracy" and "black" for "Third World dictatorship".
That makes sense. "White" is code for north, rich, advantaged, "black" is code for south, poor, disadvantaged.
Thus, as U.S. citizens, Colin Powell and Condoleeza Rice aren't "black," although Dr. Rice came from a disadvantaged background.
But it still breaks down when you consider Pakistan and India. India is a democracy, Pakistan is presently a dictatorship, but the citizens of both are much poorer than the citizens of Israel, so that should make them "black," and we aren't trying to take their WMD away.
Sorry, it just boggles me too much. |
