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re: High achieving African immigrants have crowded out black Americans
Posted on 6/2/14 at 9:07 am to RedRifle
Posted on 6/2/14 at 9:07 am to RedRifle
This is why I laugh that so many people actually consider Obama to be African-American.
His ancestors were not American slaves.
One of the reasons the term African-American exists is because people cannot trace a specific country they are from, due to slavery and breeding of slaves.
Obama is a Kenyan-American.
His ancestors were not American slaves.
One of the reasons the term African-American exists is because people cannot trace a specific country they are from, due to slavery and breeding of slaves.
Obama is a Kenyan-American.
This post was edited on 6/2/14 at 9:09 am
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Posted on 6/2/14 at 9:10 am to SwaggerCopter
His dad was African and his mom American I guess so it kinda makes sense to call him African American.
Posted on 6/2/14 at 9:12 am to SwaggerCopter
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This is why I laugh that so many people actually consider Obama to be African-American.
His ancestors were not American slaves.
Well, he certainly is a man of many hats, but he is of African decent and American. Certainly African American is not a totally inaccurate term.
However it is one that has largely been used to describe black people whose ancestors were brought to this country through slavery. Recent African immigrants identify with their country of origin, and thus I could see how that term could be considered inaccurate for them.
Posted on 6/2/14 at 9:14 am to SwaggerCopter
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One of the reasons the term African-American exists is because people
are scared to call someone "black", so they need to say something else more PC sounding instead.
Posted on 6/2/14 at 12:50 pm to SwaggerCopter
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Obama is a BLACK Kenyan-WHITE American.
FIFY
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