A post I made on Yahoo on story "Some blacks insist: 'I'm not African-American'"

[johnlucas]

8. I can call you many things

I can call you all of the labels you put forth individually OR collectively.
Example: You're German. You're Russian. You're Dutch. You're Danish. You're Swedish. You're Irish.
Example: You're German AND Russian AND Dutch AND Danish AND Swedish AND Irish all at once.

I can break down the origins of those labels & call you the origin of those labels individually or collectively.

Example: Who ARE the Germans? More specifically Who ARE the Deutsch? German is what the Romans called the Deutsch. And basically isn't Dutch & Deutsch really the same thing? Different tribes of the Dutchies running around. Some were called Angles (Engles), some were called Saxons, some were called Jutes, some went north way & became the people of Norway, Sweden, & Denmark (the Danes). Some settled around some Alp-like mountains & became the Scandinavians. Some mixed in with those Celt folk (the Irish being part of these) who came from the Iberian Peninsula (Spain & Portugal) long ago & gave 'em their super pale skins & orangey red hair.
As for those Russians. Are we talking about the White Russians connected to the Slavic folks or those Russians who look more like Genghis Khan-ish Mongolians or those Russians who are Jews descended from West Asia or those Russians connected somehow to the Armenians, Turks, Lebanese, Persians, Kurds, Arabians, Afghanis, etc.?
Yeah, you're EACH of those and you're ALL of those.

I can call simply call you "mostly European based".
I can call you generically "White".
I can call you insightful.
I can call you kind.
I can call you Archae.
I can call you a human being.
I can call you a starchild made from stardust.
I can call you living matter.
I can call you a resident on this biosphere called Planet Earth, Planet Terra.
I can call you a terrestrial, an intra-terrestrial as opposed to an extra-terrestrial.
I can call you a parcel of the solar system.
I can call you a pixel of the universe.
I can call you by telephone even!

No label is complete. But I like your label of "mutt" 'cause it's funny!
John Lucas