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|    14 Sep 18 16:01:13    |
      From: usteen@asdf.fi              The Anna's News Clippings story is at the top for context;       anagrams are further down.              Hastings, Michigan, police officer Cleon Brown is upset about the       results from DNA testing he received through an ancestry.com service.       The results in question are his colleagues' responses to the       revelation that he is '18-33% sub-Saharan African'. Brown, who is       white, says that he was upset by racial taunts such as colleagues       whispering 'Black Lives Matter' in his presence. He described       responding 'I cannot believe you just called me that' after the police       chief addressed him as 'Kunta'.        He sued the city for $500,000 on account of this 'straight-up       racism' and was placed on paid administrative leave until 31 October.       City officials, who argued that Brown himself had taken part in the       jokes (e.g., 'the 18% is all in my pants'), stated that it has chosen       to have insurers pay out a $65,000 settlement merely to avoid       further disruption.              I'm not sure which works best:               Sergeant Cleon Brown =        'Net lab: 'Cornrows gene!'               Police sergeant Clean Brown =        Open label 'cornrow genetics'       or        'Net: 'I label cop's cornrow gene'              These 'tests' are rather dubious in any case - and probably aimed       mainly at getting people to pay to let their data and genetic material       be harvested and sold on:        ancestry.com = 'Trace my cons!'                     --       A n n a S h e f l - For email, substitute 'usenet' for its anagram        - "Never eat more than you can lift." --Miss Piggy -        alt.anagrams FAQ: http://theanna.org/grams/        Weird news archive and more: http://theanna.org/              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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