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Thread #101088   Message #2230110
Posted By: artbrooks
06-Jan-08 - 11:38 PM
Thread Name: BS: Popular Views on Obama
Subject: RE: BS: Popular Views on Obama
When did Islam become a race? Islam is a religion which encompasses all of the "races" into which humans erroneously divide themselves. "Racism against Muslims" is a lot like racism against Christians.

And, by the way, "Hispanic" is a matter of linguistic and cultural identity - it is also not a race. My son-in-law is very pale skinned and has red hair; he is from Panama and is a Hispanic. There are very dark-skinned (aka "black") Hispanics from Santo Domingo and lighter colored Hispanics from Mexico. Hispanics from Spain are mostly physically indistinguishable from Italians. There are also Hispanics of Asian descent - such as Alberto Fujimori.