[AmberW]

The reason may be because, personally, I am American. I have never been to Africa, my mother has never been to Africa,neither has my grandmother or her mother. Sure our ancestors came from Africa, but because this is the only country most of us or our families have ever known, we do not feel as connected to the motherland. I took Black History and learned many things about the great and vast continent of Africa, and do consider myself African-American, but that is truly skin deep. Blacks and Africans may be the same race, however, we are not the same nationality, and many times nationality ties can be as strong as racial ones. Also,there is a sense among many African-Americans that I know that most Africans do not like us, call us ‘Catas’ (short for ‘cotton-pickers’) and consider our blood ‘diluted’. Indeed, when a cousin of mine took a trip to an African country, many treated her with disdain when they found out she was a Black American. Go figure.

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Name : AmberW, Gender : F, Race : Black/African American, Age : 23, City : Greenville, State : NC, Country : United States, Occupation : student, Education level : 2 Years of College, Social class : Middle class,