<blockquote><font size="1" face="Arial, Helvetica ,sans-serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Jim Thomsen: AP stories about AOL Time Warner head Steve Case's pending resignation describe him as a "native of Hawaii." And yet, you wouldn't call this white guy a "Hawaiian native," would you? Or would you? Is there more than a semantic distinction to be drawn here?<hr></blockquote><p>I don't know about Hawaii, but in Alaska, you'd almost certainly have to say "native of Alaska" to avoid confusion with "Alaska Native," with a capital N.
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