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Multiracial American
I will attempt to fix the errors you introduced [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Multiracial_American&diff=580886642&oldid=578754044#White_Americans here]. Frietjes (talk) 15:25, 9 November 2013 (UTC)

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Hi Bab-a-lot. I see you're still active. Pichinglis remains confused after our discussion petered out. My knowledge of the issue comes only from you, so I'm reluctant to try to fix it myself. Do you want to? We could have two separate articles, or cover the dual origin in the history section of a single article. (Up to you, but since the dialects are now merged, and a second article would be only a stub, I would lean toward having a combined article.) It would be nice to have this cleaned up so that we're not misleading people, but we do need a source or two about the dual origin. Thanks, — kwami (talk) 18:28, 22 January 2015 (UTC)

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