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To: wideminded
Popular consensus among average readers and theatre directors today leans towards the "black" interpretation

Presently "black" in reference to skin color in Britain refers not only just to Africans but mostly to light-skinned Indians and Pakistanis.

22 posted on 01/25/2006 12:05:14 AM PST by FreedomCalls (It's the "Statue of Liberty," not the "Statue of Security.")
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To: FreedomCalls
Presently "black" in reference to skin color in Britain refers not only just to Africans but mostly to light-skinned Indians and Pakistanis.

Not really -- Indians and Pakis are called "Asians".
24 posted on 01/25/2006 12:53:30 AM PST by Cronos (Never forget 9/11. Restore Hagia Sophia!)
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