# 98.3% white

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/98-3-white/32339>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 7, 2000, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/98-3-white/32339 "2000-09-07T05:57:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![MysterEcks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@MysterEcks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysterEcks)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2000, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/98-3-white/32339/41 "2000-09-10T06:52:20Z")

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**Homer** said:

[The amerindianist are…Wade Hampton, AK @ 93.33  
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Is it just me, or is it kind of ironic that a place with such a large non-white population is named after a Confederate cavalry officer?

(For that matter, why does Alaska have a place named after a Confederate calvalry officer?)

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**Author:** ![Homer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/df788c/32.png) [@Homer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homer)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2000, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/98-3-white/32339/42 "2000-09-10T08:58:51Z")

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I had just figured it was named after characters on the Garfield cartoon. 😉

–Tim

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