>I hate to be a stickler, but so does "Black" when you
>use it outside the Western context. I doubt a lot of
>Hutus and Tutsis see themselves as part of a common
>group... In the US of course you got all the
>homogenization of the various West African peoples as
>they had their traditions (plural) stripped from them.
>There aren't many Hutu-Americans.
I don't think that is being a stickler. I think you are correct. Outside of the West, a specific national/ethnic identification would be in order.
Good point.
Joel Wendland
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