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Permalink Reply by Dragon Slayer Puss on July 26, 2012 at 3:34pm

LOL, I don't know why this is funny to me. Maybe you should research it, then you will know who you are. I have an African friend that can look at ur features and tell where your people came from eg. Somalia, Ethiopia, West and South Africa. Anyway, I feel so ROYAL, that I just KNOW an ancestor was a bbbbbbaaaaaaaaaddddddd Queen. Knowing/feeling this makes others perception of me irrevelant.   

blackfujones said:

but usually i put other, bc i have no f***** clue where im from

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Permalink Reply by Ms. BoiBye on July 26, 2012 at 4:38pm

I am Black. I don't like the term AA. I have never been to Africa and most of the African women that I have met are rude and nasty to me. This is my opinion and I am sticking to it, LOL.

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Permalink Reply by OLD $PICE PINE NEEDLE on July 26, 2012 at 4:52pm

Black is a color, not a race of people.  Everyone else is identified by the country they're from. Why are we identified by the color black regardless of which country we're from??

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Permalink Reply by Sheli on July 26, 2012 at 5:13pm

White people are called white too tho, you rarely hear white people refer to themselves or other white people as Caucasian, Swiss-American, German-American, etc, we/they say white people. Asians are the only ethnicity who have a discernible look and we still group them all as "Asians" b/c we can't tell a Japense, from a Chinese, from a Korean and there isn't a color to describe them, Lol.   When I see a person with white skin I assume they are white and unless they have an accent I don't care to figure out what their ethnic make-up is.

OLD $PICE PINE NEEDLE said:

Black is a color, not a race of people.  Everyone else is identified by the country they're from. Why are we identified by the color black regardless of which country we're from??

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Permalink Reply by Bonita on July 26, 2012 at 5:33pm

You are entitled to that hope you don't get mad when you are stereotyped. For those on BA who know me personally know am neither rude nor nasty.

Ms. BoiBye said:

I am Black. I don't like the term AA. I have never been to Africa and most of the African women that I have met are rude and nasty to me. This is my opinion and I am sticking to it, LOL.

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Permalink Reply by Bonita on July 26, 2012 at 5:34pm

thank you!

OLD $PICE PINE NEEDLE said:

Black is a color, not a race of people.  Everyone else is identified by the country they're from. Why are we identified by the color black regardless of which country we're from??

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Permalink Reply by OLD $PICE PINE NEEDLE on July 26, 2012 at 5:36pm

I always hear 'white' people say the country they're from in conversation. Even 6 generations here say I'm Italian, Croation, Greek etc. They never say white.

Ever notice when they're looking for a suspect, they only describe the height & hair color of the wht person but say black for AA? lol

White people are called white too tho, you rarely hear white people refer to themselves or other white people as Caucasian, Swiss-American, German-American, etc, we/they say white people. Asians are the only ethnicity who have a discernible look and we still group them all as "Asians" b/c we can't tell a Japense, from a Chinese, from a Korean and there isn't a color to describe them, Lol.   When I see a person with white skin I assume they are white and unless they have an accent I don't care to figure out what their ethnic make-up is.

OLD $PICE PINE NEEDLE said:

Black is a color, not a race of people.  Everyone else is identified by the country they're from. Why are we identified by the color black regardless of which country we're from??

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Permalink Reply by Sheli on July 26, 2012 at 5:44pm

Spicey, I keep forgetting you're in a diff country. In these southern parts we say black, white, Mexican, or Asian. I know the Latinas/Latinos get mad b/c we call them Mexican all the time and the Dominicans hate it b/c we call them black too. Yeah unless you have an accent, on first glance, I'll call you white if you look white, (is that slightly ignorant? --Oh well LOL)

OLD $PICE PINE NEEDLE said:

I always hear 'white' people say the country they're from in conversation. Even 6 generations here say I'm Italian, Croation, Greek etc. They never say white.

Ever notice when they're looking for a suspect, they only describe the height & hair color of the wht person but say black for AA? lol

White people are called white too tho, you rarely hear white people refer to themselves or other white people as Caucasian, Swiss-American, German-American, etc, we/they say white people. Asians are the only ethnicity who have a discernible look and we still group them all as "Asians" b/c we can't tell a Japense, from a Chinese, from a Korean and there isn't a color to describe them, Lol.   When I see a person with white skin I assume they are white and unless they have an accent I don't care to figure out what their ethnic make-up is.

OLD $PICE PINE NEEDLE said:

Black is a color, not a race of people.  Everyone else is identified by the country they're from. Why are we identified by the color black regardless of which country we're from??

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Permalink Reply by OLD $PICE PINE NEEDLE on July 26, 2012 at 5:47pm

lol, good point, depends where you're from and where you live. See, all this fussing and no one gets it right. There's only one race and that's the human race. #stayfocusedonthemoney hahaha

Sheli said:

Spicey, I keep forgetting you're in a diff country. In these southern parts we say black, white, Mexican, or Asian. I know the Latinas/Latinos get mad b/c we call them Mexican all the time and the Dominicans hate it b/c we call them black too. Yeah unless you have an accent, on first glance, I'll call you white if you look white, (is that slightly ignorant? --Oh well LOL)

OLD $PICE PINE NEEDLE said:

I always hear 'white' people say the country they're from in conversation. Even 6 generations here say I'm Italian, Croation, Greek etc. They never say white.

Ever notice when they're looking for a suspect, they only describe the height & hair color of the wht person but say black for AA? lol

White people are called white too tho, you rarely hear white people refer to themselves or other white people as Caucasian, Swiss-American, German-American, etc, we/they say white people. Asians are the only ethnicity who have a discernible look and we still group them all as "Asians" b/c we can't tell a Japense, from a Chinese, from a Korean and there isn't a color to describe them, Lol.   When I see a person with white skin I assume they are white and unless they have an accent I don't care to figure out what their ethnic make-up is.

OLD $PICE PINE NEEDLE said:

Black is a color, not a race of people.  Everyone else is identified by the country they're from. Why are we identified by the color black regardless of which country we're from??

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Permalink Reply by Tone © on July 26, 2012 at 8:12pm

Well spice many of us don't know our true roots so we use terms like black or African American.  it is really just a general term for having  Sub-Saharan Africa roots.

OLD $PICE PINE NEEDLE said:

Black is a color, not a race of people.  Everyone else is identified by the country they're from. Why are we identified by the color black regardless of which country we're from??

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Permalink Reply by DB on July 26, 2012 at 10:15pm

I usually check "other" on forms because I'm being sarcastic *shrug* I just don't identify with being African American because I know my family history and my ancestry (my family made it a point to make sure all children knew their heritage) and I don't remember seeing an ancestor in there that was straight from Africa.. Besides that, Im of mixed race/heritage so what would i look like denouncing half of my family for the sake of making Black strangers happy and White strangers feel less racially uncomfortable around me? Out of the two, if I feel absolutely obligated to explain to someone what I am, I refer to myself as Black

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Permalink Reply by mavsbabe41 on July 27, 2012 at 4:27am

I have no preference because I think they are both one in the same; it's more for the people who really don't know where his or her ancestors are from, as in what country in Africa?  Now, as someone who is from a country in Africa, (s)he wouldn't identify themselves as "African-American". Instead, s(he) will represent the country (s)he are from, family is from, etc. For example, a young man from Nigeria would say "I'm Nigerian" versus "I'm African-American" or "I'm black". If anything, (s)he may say which tribe (s)he is from within the home country, too: "I am Igbo".

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