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By Ro e Eolo
Corres ondent
America's official standpoint,
although his complexion is
dark, and his fe tures and an­
cestry visibly African, he is con­
sidered white .
Hefny said he strongly resists
the labeling of his race as white.
Though he qualifies a Black
person in terms of his phy ical
appearance, he is refused the
standard benefits of BI ck
Americans like Affirmati Ac­
tion, and minority business
loans.
Hefny said he would li e to
send this American pipe dream
back up in the puff of smoke it
was originated in. He blames
this misinform lion on white
America.
Am I white?" asked Egyp­
tian born, U. . naturalized
citizen of 11 years, Mostafa
HeCny of Detroit, in regards to
his ethnicity and racial status in
America.
Hefny said in the past 11
years he has learned much that
he did not expect as an imigrant,
about race and ethnicity, and
how peopl of different races
are perceived in the United
tate. .
Hefny aid in Egypt there is
no racial ethnicity or caste sys­
tem, nd that everyone is en­
titled to the same rights and
priviledges. He said from
tate lawma
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School Fi
ith the over­
tofPropo I A
ature pparent­
y consider the
finance reform
until some time
gubernatorial
ALYSIS .
. h much money will go into
t education budget for the -
next fi cal year.
Senate Majority Leader
J hn Engl r, R.Mount
PIe nt, . d th vo er's rejec­
ti n last Tuesday of Propo Is
A d B w vot gainst new
and vote for new legisla­
tive prioriti .
h people said 'give us
quality, give u pr gre on
eq ity and deliver up front
(e ucation funding)" Engler
iCJ. "The people clearly aid no
o igh r taxes. The me ge of
ne priorities, no new taxes, is
;i message that i consistent with
th m in the center of th
Mi higan electorate.
But Rep. Lynn Jondahl, D­
Ea t Lansing, aid if the legi la­
tur puts more m ney into K-12
ducati n with ut r . ing tax ,
the m ney will have t come
from ther area f th t te
budget uch a rrection ,
cial rvicc, r public health.
If we cut m ney from thos
Co tlnued on P 10
complexion
e aid wh it wa dis-
cov red that g t wa the ac­
tua Cradle f Civilization",
whi es scurried t the f refront
to b ainwash the orld, through
sch 01 curriculu and news
paper , etc., into thinking that
the ace that foun ed the w rId
e know it w white or of
white descent.
efny expres ed shock to
fin the Egypt ans on the
Ain rican mo ie creens·
portrayed as blue eyed blonde
haired Nordic t casts. He
id much as 40 of all Egyp­
tian are brow to black­
skinned and the re ainer fair to
light-skinned, but are ac­
tually white.
Hefny insists n being Black
in the legal sense of the w rd, so
the many reparative benefits
available to American Blac
can be his a) o. H said, "My
true identity and y Cficial
cia ificati n ho Id be the
same, Black."
H said he et· ned three
tr it attorney rCll rding thi
mat cr, two w it and onc
Blac , yet one by e all three
eventually resigned Irom the as­
signment for re n unknown
to hion. I
. HeCny aid he is in the
process of writing Iletters to
those elected official known to