White African-American Sues School

Question: If a White man was born in Africa and later becomes an American citizen, is he officially an African American? In fact, is he more of an African American than a Black person born in the United States?

Well, this is the mindset that prompted Paulo Serodio, a former student at a New Jersey medical school to file a lawsuit, ABCNews.com reports. The 45-year-old native of Mozambique claims he was harassed and then suspended for identifying himself as a “White African American” during a cultural exercise at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey.

“I’m not exaggerating,” he said recently. “This has destroyed my life.” Read more...