<div dir="ltr"><div><div>I think we should be very careful when posting on this list and resist to using certain terms because of instant emotions, whatever their triggers might be.<br></div><br>I don't remember having ever heard in the various discussions in our community any reference to race or other discriminatory terms.<br>
<br></div><div>Let's all take a (deep) breath.<br></div><div><br></div>B.<br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, May 18, 2014 at 10:27 AM, Nii Narku Quaynor <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:quaynor@ghana.com" target="_blank">quaynor@ghana.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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> On May 18, 2014, at 7:07, Alan Barrett <<a href="mailto:apb@cequrux.com">apb@cequrux.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> On Fri, 16 May 2014, Keshwarsingh Nadan wrote:<br>
>>> Sure it's difficult to make such restriction and it's really not a path that will yield much success. However I believe it's possible to ensure those organisation are indeed well grounded African organisation before handing resources to them.<br>
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>> This is pure discrimination on race.<br>
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> Did you imagine that "African" referred to a racial group? It doesn't. As should have been obvious from the context, "African" refers to a geographic region.<br>
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>> Wether one is a well grounded or startup "African", "Mauritian", etc.., all of them should be treated equally.<br>
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> Policies and official documents should probably refer to "the Afrinic service region" instead of "Africa", to make it clear that Mauritius and other islands are included. I don't think that people discussing things in a mailing list will remember to do that, so if you read "African" please understand "in the Afrinic service region".<br>
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> --apb (Alan Barrett)<br>
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