Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/04/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]When I first came to the US, I lived in Army barracks that were used as refugee processing centers. For some reasons, there were quite a few native Americans among the military staff in those refugee camps. I thought they were Asians, for sure. - Phong On 4/4/07, Ric Carter <ricc@mindspring.com> wrote: > > The first time it really hit me was about 15 years ago. I was doing a > story with a reporter. We came to a house to meet someone for an > interview and were greeted through a screen door by a lady who spoke > no English. > > At the same moment, our source drove up. After we headed back to the > office, we found that one of us thought the woman at the door was > Asian and the other thought Central/South American. > > I guess there's also the South Pacific boat theory. > > Ric > > > On Apr 4, 2007, at 12:50 PM, Tina Manley wrote: > > > At 12:25 PM 4/4/2007, you wrote: > >> Tina-- > >> > >> How much have you been struck by the similarity of your subjects in > >> Central America and Asia? I don't mean in your choices, but in them. > >> > >> ric > > > > I think there is a definite link somehow. Across the Bering > > Strait? I had a photo of a Guatemalan woman on the screen and my > > husband walked in and wanted to know where in China I had taken > > it. Especially the indigenous people of Honduras and Guatemala > > tend to look very Asian. > > > > Tina > > > > Tina Manley, ASMP, NPPA > > http://www.tinamanley.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >