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<blockquote data-quote="TRF_stormer2010" data-source="post: 578618" data-attributes="member: 39190"><p>Its not racism and Le Manu is not saying people should play for teams along racial lines. He is saying many people of Samaon decent still consider themselves to be Samoan and he takes offense at suggestions that they aren't Samoan simply because they weren't necessarily born in Samoa. People should distinguish between race and culture. I know it is sometimes hard to do because you inevitably get both from your parents; your DNA and cultural heritage so the two are inextricably linked. </p><p></p><p>As a proud Boer I can understand where Le Samoa is coming from. Samoa is a small nation geographically speaking with most of the actual 'nation' living outside of its borders. It's very much the same for us although the Boere as a 'nation' (a distinct group of people within the broader 'nation' of being South African) aren't even a majority in our own country so that has a whole other set of implications. What i am getting at is that wanting to preserve your cultural heritage is not racist in and of itself.</p><p></p><p>You would deny a person the choice of free association because that person happened to be born somewhere outside of what they associate with? That is small thinking IMO; black and white thinking. That said if someone of a specific heritage chooses to adopt to the place they know and at one stage find themselves in I believe they should be allowed to do so as well. It's a personal choice in as far regulations allows one the freedom IMO.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TRF_stormer2010, post: 578618, member: 39190"] Its not racism and Le Manu is not saying people should play for teams along racial lines. He is saying many people of Samaon decent still consider themselves to be Samoan and he takes offense at suggestions that they aren't Samoan simply because they weren't necessarily born in Samoa. People should distinguish between race and culture. I know it is sometimes hard to do because you inevitably get both from your parents; your DNA and cultural heritage so the two are inextricably linked. As a proud Boer I can understand where Le Samoa is coming from. Samoa is a small nation geographically speaking with most of the actual 'nation' living outside of its borders. It's very much the same for us although the Boere as a 'nation' (a distinct group of people within the broader 'nation' of being South African) aren't even a majority in our own country so that has a whole other set of implications. What i am getting at is that wanting to preserve your cultural heritage is not racist in and of itself. You would deny a person the choice of free association because that person happened to be born somewhere outside of what they associate with? That is small thinking IMO; black and white thinking. That said if someone of a specific heritage chooses to adopt to the place they know and at one stage find themselves in I believe they should be allowed to do so as well. It's a personal choice in as far regulations allows one the freedom IMO. [/QUOTE]
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