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Your mind will wrap itself in knots if you ponder the term 'African American'
Posted by weagle99 on 3/3/17 at 12:09 pm1713
We just finished Black History Month, a celebration of black culture.
But we aren't supposed to judge people by skin color so we say African American. This would mean 'Black History Month' is offensive?
But that only applies to people with colored skin, so white immigrants from Africa can't use the term.
But it does apply to people of color outside of the US, hence phrases like African American Briton. Has there ever been an African American African listed in a story?
Best not to think about this too much I guess.
But we aren't supposed to judge people by skin color so we say African American. This would mean 'Black History Month' is offensive?
But that only applies to people with colored skin, so white immigrants from Africa can't use the term.
But it does apply to people of color outside of the US, hence phrases like African American Briton. Has there ever been an African American African listed in a story?
Best not to think about this too much I guess.
re: Your mind will wrap itself in knots if you ponder the term 'African American'Posted by buckeye_vol on 3/3/17 at 12:15 pm to weagle99
quote:What are you talking about? Black is an appropriate and acceptable term.
But we aren't supposed to judge people by skin color so we say African American.
quote:Well apparently not, since you spent a lot of time on it, and still made this confusing thread.
Best not to think about this too much I guess.
re: Your mind will wrap itself in knots if you ponder the term 'African American'Posted by AggieDub14 on 3/3/17 at 12:16 pm to weagle99
re: Your mind will wrap itself in knots if you ponder the term 'African American'Posted by Bench McElroy on 3/3/17 at 12:17 pm to weagle99
What the frick are you even talking about?
The part I can't wrap my mind around is pick an African country, just about any one of them.
Now picture the opportunities blacks have here vs. that country. There's no comparison.
Blacks are STILL enduring oppression in the mother land they claim to be so proud of that they went thru here 200 years ago. And it's at the hands of other blacks.
It boggles the mind.
Now picture the opportunities blacks have here vs. that country. There's no comparison.
Blacks are STILL enduring oppression in the mother land they claim to be so proud of that they went thru here 200 years ago. And it's at the hands of other blacks.
It boggles the mind.
re: Your mind will wrap itself in knots if you ponder the term 'African American'Posted by weagle99 on 3/3/17 at 12:21 pm to buckeye_vol
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What are you talking about? Black is an appropriate and acceptable term.
Perhaps you should be more observant of the world around you. Why do we even have the AA term?
In fact, when someone calls themself 'African American' I would challenge you to counter with 'black' and see what happens.
This post was edited on 3/3 at 12:26 pm
re: Your mind will wrap itself in knots if you ponder the term 'African American'Posted by weagle99 on 3/3/17 at 12:23 pm to Bench McElroy
What is hard for you to understand? I challenge you to explain the logic of the label to the rest of us.
This post was edited on 3/3 at 12:24 pm
re: Your mind will wrap itself in knots if you ponder the term 'African American'Posted by buckeye_vol on 3/3/17 at 12:29 pm to weagle99
quote:In fact a had a conversation about children's names with a black colleague yesterday. She had a very common name, and she said people often didn't realize she was BLACK based on her name.
Perhaps you should be more observant of the world around you.
I will tell her that weagle99 says she's not using the acceptable term for her own race.
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re: Your mind will wrap itself in knots if you ponder the term 'African American'Posted by buckeye_vol on 3/3/17 at 12:31 pm to weagle99
quote:Why would I counter it? Both are appropriate and acceptable.
In fact, when someone calls themself 'African American' I would challenge you to counter with 'black' and see what happens.
re: Your mind will wrap itself in knots if you ponder the term 'African American'Posted by Goldrush25 on 3/3/17 at 1:01 pm to weagle99
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But that only applies to people with colored skin
Says who?
quote:
so white immigrants from Africa can't use the term.
Why can't they?
You're making up rules that you think exist but don't.
quote:
In fact, when someone calls themself 'African American' I would challenge you to counter with 'black' and see what happens.
I said that to a Boer friend and he chuckled in his garbage Dutch language.
quote:
In fact, when someone calls themself 'African American' I would challenge you to counter with 'black' and see what happens.
It's even more absurd than that. Africa is a continent. Libya is on that continent. Are Americans with Libyan heritage "African Americans"?.. Egyptians?.. white South Africans, etc.
This post was edited on 3/3 at 1:10 pm
re: Your mind will wrap itself in knots if you ponder the term 'African American'Posted by WorkinDawg on 3/3/17 at 1:10 pm to weagle99
I've got a friend from South Africa. He's a honkey. I can't wait to start calling him African American. I can't believe I never though of this.
Your comment reminds me of a interview I saw during he ATL Olympics. SJW type taking offense to the term "Black South African". Reporter asks what they should be called. SJW says "African American South African". Reporter says "they aren't American"....stunned silence. I've looked for that interview on the interwebs for years.
Your comment reminds me of a interview I saw during he ATL Olympics. SJW type taking offense to the term "Black South African". Reporter asks what they should be called. SJW says "African American South African". Reporter says "they aren't American"....stunned silence. I've looked for that interview on the interwebs for years.
I kinda like the term 'African-American.' It reminds us that :
1. We are all American,
2. But we have different heritages.
So while there is African-American, there is also Irish-American, Chinese-American, Swedish-American etc.
Yes, there are some corner cases where this is confusing, but that is language for you.
1. We are all American,
2. But we have different heritages.
So while there is African-American, there is also Irish-American, Chinese-American, Swedish-American etc.
Yes, there are some corner cases where this is confusing, but that is language for you.
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