Dare To Ask Talk And News About Our Differences - This topic has 33 replies, 34 voices, and was last updated 21 years, 7 months ago by
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I believe white folks thought of the title originally and black folks ran with it. I could be wrong, but white folks are always looking to call us something other than just human. Whenever someone refers to me as African American I feel degraded. For 400 years some of my ancestors were enslaved in this country. Africans did nothing but contribute to our follie. What culture we built here we built on our own, despite Africans. Many whites helped to build our culture here. Many whites died so that my ancestors could be free from bondage. Almost all blacks in this country have white and native american ancestry. I realize that a majority of whites hate blacks and think that blacks are inferior because we are not pure. I am hip to it. But the Africans, well they have a worse game plan let me tell ya. you want to choose a side? I choose America a country in which my ancestors help to build. Scratch the Africa part. If you want to call me something, in order to weed me out? Call me Black. I am a Black man and proud to be an American.
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Name : Charles, Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : Black/African American, Religion : Christian, Age : 38, City : Portland, State : OR, Country : United States, Occupation : Network Admin, Education level : 4 Years of College, Social class : Upper middle class,I’ve personally found that a lot of black people prefer to be called black now. After all, we are ‘white.’ And not all black people are from Africa, there are populations in Australia and Asia where people are dark-skinned. What about those who immigrated from there? We can’t very well call them ‘African American.’
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Name : Jakki, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Pagan, Age : 18, City : Oshkosh, State : WI, Country : United States, Occupation : Student, Education level : High School Diploma, Social class : Middle class,tHE REASON WHY BLACK PEOPLE WANT TO BE REFERRED TO AS AFRICAN AMERICANS IS BECAUSE WE ARE OF AFRICAN ORIGIN.wHITE PEOPLE ARE FROM EUROPE,IF WE DO MOVE BACK TO AFRICA[EXAGGERATE]THEN YALL NEED TO MOVE BACK TO EUROPE.YALL ARE IMMIGRANTS TO.IT AINT LIKE YALL ARE TRUE AMERICANS,BECAUSE THE NATIVE AMERICANS ARE THE ONLY ONES.MAYBE YOU SHOULD TAKE PRIDE IN YOUR EUROPEAN HERITAGE.
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Name : polly-simons, City : thurmond, State : KS, Country : United States,I don’t think you thought about that question very well before you asked it.People wouldn’t look at you like you were nuts if you wanted people to refer to you as Irish American.Just because we were not born there doesn’t mean a thing. We originate from there.What else would you refer to us as.
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Name : Tesia Tillman, Gender : F, Race : Black/African American, Age : 15, City : Southfield, State : MI, Country : United States,
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