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J Bananas:
the label "African American" is the dumbest, most persistently used phrase in our vernacular. Every time you call someone an "African American," you're making at least two assumptions about the person:

1. That the person is an American. For example, if you saw this guy walking along on a street, you would probably think:



    ...which is fine, except for one small detail: this man is British, which makes you a presumptuous cock.

    2. That the person is African (because it's inconceivable that black people could come from Haiti, India, Trinidad, Dominican Republic, Brazil, Australia, or Jamaica). Nevermind that; BLACK PEOPLE ONLY COME FROM AFRICA.

Not to mention that every time you give a black person the distinction of being "African American" out of a mixed group, you're making an assumption about an entire continent; not everyone from Africa is black. I guarantee all you politically correct morons out there have never called a white person an African American. Of course you could avoid all these problems by using the same standards on blacks as you would on whites by simply assuming that all whites are from Africa just as you do for all blacks, but that might be too forward, and in a polite society like ours, people would be all too pleased to point out which of the 192 countries you didn't guess they were actually from.

coola:
haha good post... maddox for president.

Teddy Roosevelt:
Good post. The definition of "African American" has some holes in it, but as long as stupid (or some common) assumptions aren't made it is a satisfactory term IMO.


--- Quote from: Scott Peterson on July 16, 2006, 12:25:07 PM ---
Not to mention that every time you give a black person the distinction of being "African American" out of a mixed group, you're making an assumption about an entire continent; not everyone from Africa is black. I guarantee all you politically correct morons out there have never called a white person an African American. Of course you could avoid all these problems by using the same standards on blacks as you would on whites by simply assuming that all whites are from Africa just as you do for all blacks, but that might be too forward, and in a polite society like ours, people would be all too pleased to point out which of the 192 countries you didn't guess they were actually from.

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I'm pretty sure the definaintion of an African American includes the fact that they ARE black.

Eihtball:
I am an African...I was made in the image of GOD.  Africa is the homeland of GODS...the only whites on it are occupiers who are not originally from there.  Likewise, the blacks in North and South America were taken from their homeland against their will to serve the devil as slaves.  So in that respect, there is nothing wrong with considering all blacks to be Africans.

As far as African-American goes, I see no reason to use that label when I am not considered welcome in AmeriKKKa.

boycriedwolf619:
My parents were born in haiti I consider myslef Haitian African-American and Black but if that dude  u got in ya pictures insists hes British then hes a uncle tom whos not proud of who he is.

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