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Don’t forget that Moors dominated Spain for a long time and remnants of this period are still present in the appearance and skin tone of Spaniards. There are also gypsies.
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Name : Ashley M., Gender : F, Race : Black/African American, Religion : Presbyterian, Age : 20, City : Charlotte, State : NC, Country : United States, Occupation : student, Education level : 2 Years of College, Social class : Upper middle class,I don’t believe that all people who display the Confederate flag are extreme racists, but merely insensitive and proud of a heritage which is shameful. These people are clinging to a symbol from the past that represents a time in American history of which most Americans are ashamed, but they see it as a symbol of a place and not a time. That doesn’t make them right it simply makes them thoughtless. Once racists began using this symbol as one of hate the people who display it as proud southerners should have been outraged at this misuse rather than the justifiable anger of blacks. Ironically, these same people are often the ones demanding that blacks forget the past so that America can move into the future as they cling to their confederate flag which was created at a time when blacks were still enslaved.
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Name : Ashley M., Gender : F, Race : Black/African American, Religion : Presbyterian, Age : 20, City : Charlotte, State : NC, Country : United States, Occupation : student, Education level : 2 Years of College, Social class : Upper middle class,I think it is still taboo. I am a Black woman and the same is true for Black women and white men. I have dated several white men and not told even my closest friends for fear of a social stigma. You don’t want to be a ‘white boy liker’ even if you are. Its embarrassing. We are all curious, but don’t admit it out of fear and in my case a sense of self-respect and duty to Black men.
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Name : Ashley M., Gender : F, Race : Black/African American, Religion : Presbyterian, Age : 20, City : Charlotte, State : NC, Country : United States, Occupation : student, Education level : 2 Years of College, Social class : Upper middle class,It is absolutey possible that your children could be dark or medium complexion African Americans. At birth they may be extremely light (as was the case with me) and years later become darker. Physical characteristics can carry for up to 14 generations!
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Name : Ashley M., Gender : F, Race : Black/African American, Religion : Presbyterian, Age : 20, City : Charlotte, State : NC, Country : United States, Occupation : student, Education level : 2 Years of College, Social class : Upper middle class,I have been constantly offended by these topics. As a current high school senior other students feel that the discussion of this topic gives them the right to voice their personal opinions about African-Americans. The worst part is that none of my teachers have ever stopped them from doing so. I have sat in many classrooms where students have advocated the present day enslavement of African-Americans with not so much as one word from the teacher. Students have asked offensive questions of me such as Why do ‘you guys’ still care so much about slavery? or Why do we have to study about this, why dont ‘you guys’ just leave it in the past? These questions are not asked in hopes of learning but to be argumentative and offensive and force me into uncomfortable situations. (I am quite often the only African American student in many of my classes despite the fact that my school is 54% Black.) My problem is not studying the topic of slavery in its historical context, but the fact that none of the teachers I have had over the years have known how to properly handle such a discussion or protect the rights of Black students to feel comfortable in their own classrooms.
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Name : Ashley M., Gender : F, Race : Black/African American, Religion : Presbyterian, Age : 20, City : Charlotte, State : NC, Country : United States, Occupation : student, Education level : 2 Years of College, Social class : Upper middle class,I agree with all that I have read so far. If a white person uses the word it takes on a different connotation. It has always perplexed me that white people even ask this question. If you don’t plan to use it why does it bother you that you don’t have the right to. When a Black person calls another Black person this word they have a mutual understanding of its meaning based on a connection which comes from culture, and you have no such bond, no matter how much you like Dr. Dre or any other Black men or women. I would also like to ask you what about derogatory terms used by other whites. I have white friends at school who call each other ‘Crackers’ or ‘poor white trash.’ All other cultures that I can think of have derogatory terms for each other which other races can’t use. Why are Black people the only people called into question for doing so.
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Name : Ashley M., Gender : F, Race : Black/African American, Religion : Presbyterian, Age : 20, City : Charlotte, State : NC, Country : United States, Occupation : student, Education level : 2 Years of College, Social class : Upper middle class,
