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I am African American and I am very comfortable where I am, yes I do embrace my African culture but at the same time I embrace the life I have hear because of the struggles our people endured.

We paid a heavy price and I intend to take full advantage of my citizenship wherever I live always remembering where I come from.

Madam Butterfly wrote: clp)

Parris? Is that you?!

I do not understand?

What is the point of your thread?

I honestly don't understand, what kind of reponses are you looking for, you have made a statement- what next?

What is Black? What does Being Black mean to you?


Lucia: I honestly don't understand, what kind of Reponses are you looking for, you have made a statement- what next?

I’m just posting a topic on what being black mean to me, so there it is take it or leave it

to Madam Butterfly,no I am not Parris. niceone.gif

there is already a thread about what it means to you, if thats all you were doing then you should have posted your comment in there, when u start a thread it is for people to add theif comments/opinions and for potential debate, thats all i'm saying dont get defensive cos i did state that i honestly didnt understand the reason.

and excuse me, did I ask you if u were parris???confused3

(i think not)

Afro-American Man:

I hear what you're saying and feel similar.

Not having to do with your subject, it's interesting that you call yourself "AfroAmerican" because I think that's the perfect term to use for our people who were born here in America.

We aren't Africans...we're Americans of African descent and should behave and think accordingly.

Ahmaad wrote:



so what the big argument between african american or african as an identity. your still from africa, african.

if you want to run from your heritage let me take you back before our struggle took us back to africa.

negro, thats the correct term for people scared of themselves. born and bred in the good old US of A.

happy now?

imagine the dumbest whiteman in the US saying "don't call me european! no! no! no! i'm not european. how dare you call me a european. how could you??? i'm so insulted. do you wanna die? do i look european to you fool? i'm not european!! what the hell do i know about europe? my great great grandmother was an apache! don't you dare call me a european again, you hear me mofo?"

"sigh"

GOOD FOR YOU

again I repeat

we do not beg any displaced african to see themselves as 100%african

I do not see the point of this thread, i do not recall any african saying black Americans should call themselves African.



anyway

has anyone seen the new Blade filmconfused3

Breadfruit:

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so what the big argument between african american or african as an identity. your still from africa, african.
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I thought my man said he was from America, I know I am.
I must have overlooked the part where he claimed that he was from Africa.




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if you want to run from your heritage let me take you back before our struggle took us back to africa.
negro, thats the correct term for people scared of themselves. born and bred in the good old US of A.
happy now?
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imagine the dumbest whiteman in the US saying "don't call me european! no! no! no! i'm not european. how dare you call me a european. how could you??? i'm so insulted. do you wanna die? do i look european to you fool? i'm not european!! what the hell do i know about europe? my great great grandmother was an apache! don't you dare call me a european again, you hear me mofo?"
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Actually many white Americans think and talk that way, even the educated ones.

Many whites are not only quick to talk about their Native American ancestry, but they also have a negative view towards the more liberal Europeans and see themselves as separate.