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High achieving African immigrants have crowded out black Americans
Posted on 6/2/14 at 9:04 am
Posted on 6/2/14 at 9:04 am
Interesting article I saw linked on Facebook. I remember at Vanderbilt there was always tension between Africans and African Americans because the Africans A) mostly came from professional families (mostly doctors) B) didn't carry any historical baggage.
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Posted on 6/2/14 at 9:05 am to RedRifle
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because the Africans A) mostly came from professional families (mostly doctors) B) didn't carry any historical baggage.
C) were more interested in getting good grades and a great career than "keeping it real"
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
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 9:13 am to biglego
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His dad was African and his mom American I guess so it kinda makes sense to call him African American.
His dad was Kenyan
You don't call Canadaians or Mexicans Americans just because they are from the same continent.
This post was edited on 6/2/14 at 9:14 am
Posted on 6/2/14 at 9:13 am to Bmath
quote:according to anthropologists we all are
he is of African descent
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 9:15 am to Kafka
quote:Gim eye rape urashuns.
according to anthropologists we all are
Posted on 6/2/14 at 9:18 am to Kafka
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quote: he is of African descent according to anthropologists we all are
Well if you are white you are also probably Roman.
This wasn't really my point. Do you rather I use the Anthropology term negroid? That wouldn't be totally accurate either as his mom is a Caucasian.
This post was edited on 6/2/14 at 9:18 am
Posted on 6/2/14 at 9:21 am to CptBengal
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C) were more interested in getting good grades and a great career than "keeping it real"
Posted on 6/2/14 at 9:23 am to RedRifle
Ask a cab driver fresh from Nigeria what he thinks of American blacks. Makes TIGERLEE look like Mother Teresa.
Posted on 6/2/14 at 9:25 am to CptBengal
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C) were more interested in getting good grades and a great career than "keeping it real"
so truePosted on 6/2/14 at 12:50 pm to SwaggerCopter
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Obama is a BLACK Kenyan-WHITE American.
FIFY
Posted on 6/2/14 at 12:53 pm to DirtyMikeandtheBoys
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His dad was Kenyan You don't call Canadaians or Mexicans Americans just because they are from the same continent.
You're talking nationality not race
Posted on 6/2/14 at 12:59 pm to Bmath
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Well if you are white you are also probably Roman.
Rome wasn't an ethnic group, it was a political entity, FWIW. A Roman citizen could have been a northern European, a middle easterner, or an African, with any combination of eye and skin color associated with those ethnicities.
Posted on 6/2/14 at 1:01 pm to biglego
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You're talking nationality not race
So, he should be Afro-Caucasian, amirite?
ETA No, no I´m not.
Caucasoid-Negroid (or vice versa).
This post was edited on 6/2/14 at 1:04 pm
Posted on 6/2/14 at 1:10 pm to Dandy Lion
He should be mulato
Posted on 6/2/14 at 1:12 pm to biglego
He is a mulato. I don´t know if that is PC, however.
Posted on 6/2/14 at 1:23 pm to RedRifle
Imagine that. 
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