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The reason many African Americans give their children ‘Arabic’ names is because of the fact that Islam has been a dominant feature in West Africa (where most American blacks are from) for hundreds of years. The names represent the Muslim ancestors of African Americans who were forced onto the slave ships as well as those who built the great kingdoms of Mali and Songhay. It has been and remains an integral part of our cultural heritage and is something no African American should be ashamed of showing pride in. It makes as much sense for West Africans and their descendants to use ‘Arabic’ names as it does every other non-Saudi in the world. P.S. Keisha (in its various spellings) has meanings in both Middle Eastern (Hebrew and Arabic) and African.
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Name : LJ, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : Black/African American, Religion : Baptist, City : Monroe, State : LA, Country : United States, Education level : 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class,Seeing as how blacks only represent about 12% of the population and we are on average 26% caucasian genetically (latinos being tri-racial), all you have to do is look at Portugal, Spain, Argentina, and any other nation that once had a similar sized black population to see that WE will end up being COMPLETELY absorbed.
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Name : LJ, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : Black/African American, Religion : Baptist, City : Monroe, State : LA, Country : United States, Education level : 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class,Blacks swim all the time. Each of our recreation centers have pools. We Hunt too! Youve obviously never been to LA. 🙂 Thing is, its about access. If you cant swim then you cant swim. If you can you can. Period.
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Name : LJ, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : Black/African American, Religion : Baptist, City : Monroe, State : LA, Country : United States, Education level : 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class,Hispanics are tri-racial (not an individual race). Puerto Ricans are on average around 60% Taino Indian, 30% African, and the rest a mix of Spanish and Anglo. Cubans are generally mulatto (black/white) because most of the tribes were wiped out. Brazilians are very mixed as well, much like Puerto Ricans. Mexicans tend to be mostly Indian. Some are mixed with Spanish, some with African. Its best if you look at them the same you would with anyone else. If a black married a Spaniard, for instance, and their child married an Indian, what would their kids be? Well, thats what most Hispanics are too.
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Name : LJ, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : Black/African American, Religion : Baptist, City : Monroe, State : LA, Country : United States, Education level : 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class,Many African civilizations pre-date Egypt and Nubia was one of them.
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Name : LJ, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : Black/African American, Religion : Baptist, City : Monroe, State : LA, Country : United States, Education level : 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class,Hispanics are tri-racial (not a separate race). Puerto Ricans are on average around 60% Taino Indian, 30% African, and the rest a mix of Spanish and Anglo. Cubans are generally mulatto (black/white) because most of the tribes were wiped out. Brazilians are very mixed as well, much like Puerto Ricans. Mexicans tend to be mostly Indian. Some are mixed with Spanish, some with African. Its best if you look at them the same you would with anyone else. If a black married a Spaniard, for instance, and their child married an Indian, what would their kids be? Well, thats what most Hispanics are too.
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Name : LJ, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : Black/African American, Religion : Baptist, City : Monroe, State : LA, Country : United States, Education level : 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class,Hispanics are tri-racial. Puerto Ricans are on average around 60% Taino Indian, 30% African, and the rest a mix of Spanish and Anglo. Cubans are generally mulatto (black/white) because most of the tribes were wiped out. Brazilians are very mixed as well, much like Puerto Ricans. Mexicans tend to be mostly Indian. Some are mixed with Spanish, some with African. Mexican music is more pure SPANISH. Because that is the major influence. Latin (Island) music, however, is much more of a blend. In fact, they are essentially Spanish words put to African beats.
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Name : LJ, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : Black/African American, Religion : Baptist, City : Monroe, State : LA, Country : United States, Education level : 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class,Hispanics are tri-racial. Puerto Ricans are on average around 60% Taino Indian, 30% African, and the rest a mix of Spanish and Anglo. Cubans are generally mulatto (black/white) because most of the tribes were wiped out. Brazilians are very mixed as well, much like Puerto Ricans. Mexicans tend to be mostly Indian. Some are mixed with Spanish, some with African. Its best if you look at them the same you would with anyone else. If you married a Spaniard, for instance, what would your kids be? Well, thats what most Hispanics are too.
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Name : LJ, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : Black/African American, Religion : Baptist, City : Monroe, State : LA, Country : United States, Education level : 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class,Most people who are upset are upset because they know nothing about the latin people. LIKE creoles of color in Louisiana, the vast majority of these people are mixed with black. To say they cant say the n-word because they happen to speak spanish is silly. If they arent black-enough, then neither is Mariah Carey, Amanda Marshall or Tiger Woods. But for their last names, they would be as black/mixed as any other ‘African American’. If anything, they are closer to their African heritage than most of us. How many blacks have used African lyrics in their music like Ricky Martin did? How many use African beats like they all do? Fact is, they have an African pride we dont have and they should be respected for that.
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Name : LJ, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : Black/African American, Religion : Baptist, City : Monroe, State : LA, Country : United States, Education level : 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class,
