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Teresa Heinz Kerry: 'I'm an African American'
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| 2/24/03
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Posted on 02/24/2004 9:45:36 AM PST by paltz
Teresa Heinz Kerry: 'I'm an African American'
First lady-wannabe Teresa Heinz Kerry sometimes describes herself as an "African American," even though she grew up amidst segregated privilege in colonial Mozambique.
"My roots are African," she told a reporter in 1995. "The birds I remember, the fruits I ate, the trees I climbed, they're African."
Throughout the 1990s, Heinz Kerry referred to herself as "African American," the Baltimore Sun revealed on Tuesday. And when her use of the term set off a firestorm of controversy in 1993, she defended the claim.
"African-hyphen-American belongs to blacks," Heinz Kerry's spokesman told reporters, insisting that it was proper for his boss to call herself African American as long as no hyphen was used or intended.
The one-time Republican's depiction of herself as African rankles some who knew Heinz Kerry in the days when her father ran a medical clinic in Mozambique.
Some say the wealthy "African American" has snubbed blacks in her homeland, because she has done next to nothing with her vast Heinz Foods fortune to improve living conditions there.
"We are proud she is a daughter of the land," Neo Simbine, 75, a retired black nurse who worked with Heinz Kerry's father, told the Sun. "But you have to live what you say. If she really loves Mozambique and has lots of money, why doesn't she build us a hospital?"
Heinz Kerry's fortune is equal to nearly a quarter of Mozambique's annual Gross Domestic Product.
But aside from a contribution to her homeland's Save the Children Fund, the woman who repeatedly invokes her Mozambican roots has limited her generosity.
A spokeswoman for the Heinz Foundation said the prospective first lady would give more if she were more confident the money would be managed properly.
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Massachusetts; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: 2004; africanamerican; johnfkerry; johnkerry; kerry; massachusetts; mozambique; pennsylvania; teresaheinz
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To: jeremiah
I agree totally!!!
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posted on
02/24/2004 2:18:43 PM PST
by
marty60
To: mass55th
hehehe
82
posted on
02/24/2004 2:22:53 PM PST
by
cyborg
To: paltz
" A spokeswoman for the Heinz Foundation said the prospective first lady would give more if she were more confident the money would be managed properly."
You just can't trust those black Africans to use your money properly, can you Teresa baby? Since you are African American, How shocked should we be when your hubby campaigns in the south as John the Baptist?
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posted on
02/24/2004 3:49:53 PM PST
by
billhilly
(If you're lurking here from DU, I trust this post will make you sick)
To: paltz
As a Pittsburgh resident, I remember all the controversy she caused in the '90's when she claimed she was "African American". She wanted to gain political advantage by making the claim. I can't remember the details, but it didn't help her, and she was slammed good on her claim.
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posted on
02/24/2004 4:28:43 PM PST
by
Ciexyz
To: the invisib1e hand
That was a big funny.
85
posted on
02/24/2004 4:33:47 PM PST
by
satchmodog9
(it's coming and if you don't get off the tracks it will run you down)
To: MinuteGal
Illinoisan? Does that mean you're always sick?
86
posted on
02/24/2004 4:39:08 PM PST
by
Libloather
(Charter member - VRWC - # EIB-04151982)
To: paltz
Do we owe her reparations?
87
posted on
02/24/2004 4:42:07 PM PST
by
Consort
To: the invisib1e hand
No, you bigoted, ill educated, name caller.
An Afrikaner, whose family has lived in South Africa ( don't cal,l them " Southies ", those are people from a certain area of Boston, usually of Irish descent! )far longer than many of the blacks who live there now and is NOT "pushing Apartheid", who moves to America, becomes a citizen, is far more an African-American ( unlike Teresa, whose father moved to Mozambique from Portugal),than any American black, whose familial roots go back 100s of years here, is.
And should that person have a child/children here, that child is also far MORE an African-America, for those who like hyphenated Americans, than any American black, who uses the term. And so, for that matter, is a Egyptian, or Libyan, who comes here and stays. :-)
To: Hon
That is the case, though she and her sister did go to grammar school in Mozambique.
To: mhking
"Though her description is accurate, who will take bets that the Soul Patrol will give her a pass when they'd take anyone else to task?"That's an easy bet. The Left *must* have double standards, otherwise their idea of *them* controlling *us* wouldn't make much sense.
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posted on
02/24/2004 4:55:23 PM PST
by
Southack
(Media bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
To: Lunatic Fringe
Seems like a fair question
91
posted on
02/24/2004 4:55:40 PM PST
by
pointsal
To: Bluntpoint
Do you mean schtupping?? And who else is he schtupping?
92
posted on
02/24/2004 4:59:32 PM PST
by
Ann Archy
(Abortion: The Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
To: paltz
spokeswoman for the Heinz Foundation said the prospective first lady would give more if she were more confident the money would be managed properly I could imagine what they would say if it was Trent Lott or any other Republican who said this. This is an overtly racist assumption here.
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posted on
02/24/2004 5:04:11 PM PST
by
Michael.SF.
('After all, even Jesus was born to a homeless couple' Hillary Clinton (paraphrased).)
To: bmwcyle
So What, I'm the Easter Bunny in PC terms, you're a Lepus-American
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posted on
02/24/2004 5:06:21 PM PST
by
InvisibleChurch
(Remember, God made you special and He loves you very much!)
To: paltz
She is, in fact, African-American.
"African-hyphen-American belongs to blacks," Heinz Kerry's spokesman told reporters, insisting that it was proper for his boss to call herself African American as long as no hyphen was used or intended.
This quote perfectly illustrates the navel-contemplating totalitarianism of political correctness.
95
posted on
02/24/2004 6:06:58 PM PST
by
jordan8
To: paltz
I'm a Native American.
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posted on
02/24/2004 6:25:43 PM PST
by
Tribune7
(Vote Toomey April 27)
To: Consort
Do we owe her reparations?No, but she does qualify for Affirmative Action!
97
posted on
02/24/2004 6:28:16 PM PST
by
Revolting cat!
("In the end, nothing explains anything!")
To: paltz
Next thing she's gonna tell us her name isn't Mrs Ketchup but Mrs Catsup!
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posted on
02/24/2004 6:29:14 PM PST
by
Revolting cat!
("In the end, nothing explains anything!")
To: nopardons
No, you bigoted, ill educated, name caller. An Afrikaner, whose family has lived in South Africa ( don't cal,l them " Southies ", those are people from a certain area of Boston, usually of Irish descent! )far longer than many of the blacks who live there now and is NOT "pushing Apartheid", who moves to America, becomes a citizen, is far more an African-American ( unlike Teresa, whose father moved to Mozambique from Portugal),than any American black, whose familial roots go back 100s of years here, is. And should that person have a child/children here, that child is also far MORE an African-America, for those who like hyphenated Americans, than any American black, who uses the term. And so, for that matter, is a Egyptian, or Libyan, who comes here and stays. :-) I stand corrected, insulted, bewildered, and uninterested!
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posted on
02/24/2004 8:07:05 PM PST
by
the invisib1e hand
(do not remove this tag under penalty of law.)
To: the invisib1e hand
May I help you out of your bewilderment ? What has you confused?
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