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Posts: 232
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Up North, , United Kingdom
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20-11-04, 03:06 PM
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@ ACB - how are you! (hopefully, I am not owing you a PM...if I am please accept my apologies!!) Anyway, I think this is the best argument/example I have seen on the subject of black vs African. I think for those of us over here in America, we dont have the same confusion as to what is "black" (as in "of African origin") -- I understand better now why Ligali is on its mission to use the word "African" instead of "Black" (check out their website at http://www.ligali.org)
question: how did "black" in the UK start to mean everything that wasn't "white"??
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Hello Happiness!I'm very well thank you, onward and upward and all that!! How are you? I hope very well. No, you don't owe me any mail - no worries there!
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Its funny you should mention the ligali site as it was the legali discussion that took place a few months ago that also crossed my mind when first reading this post... I'm not entirely sure of how this 'black = not white' state of affairs came to be - but it strikes me as a deliberate ploy to undermine, belittle and detract from all that is African - which is hardlya new thing... Although on the other hand, if we (African/Black people) weren't being considered a real threat to the existing structures and powers at be, there would presumably be no need for such 'undermine and destabolise' tactics...
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I too have a better understanding of Ligali's intentions and motivations, and support the assertion that to identify as an African or an 'African-whatever' is the way forward. Having be defined, redefined and misdefined by many in the past, for me, being an African represents both my first and final stance.
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Emancipate yourself from mental slavery
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