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	memo to the media- "puerto rican" is not a race

doodleicious

7-16-2009 7:59 AM

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doodleicious says:

am not sure why- but this clipped backwards- last first- first last oh well - follow link if u want to read this silly thing
i got the memo a long time ago- was wondering when someone was going to say something about this

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7-16-2009 8:32 AM

ratilfar

It is a nationality, or more to the point a nationality without a nation, but that is a discussion for another day.

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