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I too have thought about this. I always think "what am I?" whenever I have to fill out those school surveys.
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Originally Posted by bboy1827
In America we make so much out of race, then claim that it's a non-factor, we tell our kids not to see race, but I'm listed as an "african-american" and I've never been to Africa, nor do I identify with most Africans. I like apple pie and football, not....whatever they do in Africa. Why isn't "American" an option on most surveys and such?. Sorry, I'm just really tired in lessons on sociology that I get everyday and are expected to give since I'm an "educated negro." I think this whole "white" "black" "spanish" blah blah is way over blown. I have more in common with the white dudes from the DMV area than I do with Nigerians. I was a middle class military kid, for all that "black history" I've been taught, I still don't feel akin to the black community, I feel akin to the people I grew up with, the blacks, whites, spanish, african, arab etc. people from the DMV.
Discuss
you sound like an Uncle Tom.
you're a black man..and you should realize and recognize that because in everyone else's eyes that's exactly what you are..a black man.
whether you want to admit it or know it...somewhere down the line some of your ancestry came from Africa.
for you to diminish their culture and simply refer to it as "what they do in Africa" is kind of shameful IMO.
when you're put into a situation where race comes into play you will see the light and see that it IS in fact important.
and that "hate having to put 'African American' " when applying for jobs comment is disgraceful lol.
Originally Posted by dgk3188
Why don't we call white folks "European-Americans?
Originally Posted by IMASOLEMAN18
another race thread
Originally Posted by oidreez
Why not just call yourself black then?
Originally Posted by AntonLaVey
Originally Posted by oidreez
Why not just call yourself black then?
some African Americans don't like this word eithersome dude really tried to explain to me that it was as bad as calling someone the nword and that he prefers African American
Not having identity issues ftw, I'm black, African American, Nigerian and Ibo -any of these labels will do
Some black scholars have argued that the term "African-American" should refer strictly to the descendents of West or Central African slaves and free people of color who survived the slavery-era, and not the sons and daughters of black immigrants who lack that ancestry.[151] The argument being that grouping all blacks together regardless of their unique ancestral circumstances would inevitably deny the lingering effects of slavery with in the American slave descendent community, in addition to denying black immigrants recognition of their own unique ancestral backgrounds.In the book The End of Blackness published by author Debra Dickerson, she warned against drawing favorable cultural implications from upwardly mobile black immigrants who are not the sons and daughters of American slavery and racial segregation. She used the political rise of President Barack Obama, who is the son of a Kenyan immigrant, a result of "Lumping us all together,"[152] Dickerson claimed it, "erases the significance of slavery and continuing racism while giving the appearance of progress." On the liberal website Salon Dickerson wrote, "African-American", in our political and social vocabulary, means those descended from West African slaves".[152] Similar statements have been echoed by Stanley Crouch in a New York Daily News piece, Charles Kenzie Steele, Jr. of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference[153] and African-American columnist David Ehrenstein of the LA Times who accused white liberals of flocking to blacks who were "Magic Negros", a term that refers to a black person with no past who simply appears to assist the mainstream white (as cultural protagonists/drivers) agenda.[154] Ehrenstein went on to say "He's there to assuage white 'guilt' they feel over the role of slavery and racial segregation in American history."
Originally Posted by AntonLaVey
Originally Posted by oidreez
Why not just call yourself black then?
some African Americans don't like this word eithersome dude really tried to explain to me that it was as bad as calling someone the nword and that he prefers African American
Not having identity issues ftw, I'm black, African American, Nigerian and Ibo-any of these labels will do
in order to determine character you must establish communication /initiation of contact(get to know the person better ) while race is just based on prejudiceOriginally Posted by ChaosTheory
Character > race.
I don't give a @#$! what race you are... if you're a good person, you're a good person. F that race business, just because you're my 'color' or not don't make me cool with you or hate you.
Originally Posted by Frank Matthews
Originally Posted by bboy1827
In America we make so much out of race, then claim that it's a non-factor, we tell our kids not to see race, but I'm listed as an "african-american" and I've never been to Africa, nor do I identify with most Africans. I like apple pie and football, not....whatever they do in Africa. Why isn't "American" an option on most surveys and such?. Sorry, I'm just really tired in lessons on sociology that I get everyday and are expected to give since I'm an "educated negro." I think this whole "white" "black" "spanish" blah blah is way over blown. I have more in common with the white dudes from the DMV area than I do with Nigerians. I was a middle class military kid, for all that "black history" I've been taught, I still don't feel akin to the black community, I feel akin to the people I grew up with, the blacks, whites, spanish, african, arab etc. people from the DMV.Discuss
Originally Posted by NubianDisaster
they say african-american/black on applications. shut up.
Originally Posted by Jordanscrub
I'm white and honestly as corny as it sounds I believe in the Human RACE....that's it. There are nationalities, and everybody has relatives from a different place, but as far as separating everybody into different categories? Nah.
I'm black and believe the same thing.Originally Posted by dgk3188
Originally Posted by Jordanscrub
I'm white and honestly as corny as it sounds I believe in the Human RACE....that's it. There are nationalities, and everybody has relatives from a different place, but as far as separating everybody into different categories? Nah.
that's white privilege speaking there
Originally Posted by dadecounty11
Is a white person who was born and raised in Africa, then moved to the US still an African American?
Originally Posted by dadecounty11
Is a white person who was born and raised in Africa, then moved to the US still an African American?