Some blacks insist: 'I'm not African-American'

[Orangeslice13]

Technically, everyone is an African by descendant if you go back far enough.

Is that where the garden was?

 

[OrangeEmpire]

Is that where the garden was?

Iran?

Iraq?

 

[VOLatile]

Is that where the garden was?

If you believe in the garden of eden, then sure. It's where humans have been found to have originated and migrated from.

 

[KiffinKiller]

garden was located downtown libreville, Gabon. Visit sometime.

 

[RespectTradition]

Is that where the garden was?

Knoxville.

Tree of life was originally planted at mid-field at Neyland. Of course, the stadium hadn't been built yet.

 

[OrangeEmpire]

Knoxville.

Tree of life was originally planted at mid-field at Neyland. Of course, the stadium hadn't been built yet.

Adam Shields Eve Watkins

 

[Orangeslice13]

Knoxville.

Tree of life was originally planted at mid-field at Neyland. Of course, the stadium hadn't been built yet.

I have heard It said that This is Gods country.

 

[YorkVol]

So I showed the article to my 12 year old son who was born in Johannesburg, SA and asked if he considered himself to be African American or Black. His answer, "Well, I was born in South Africa, moved to Japan, then Hawaii and now I live in Pennsylvania. As far as I'm concerned, I'm just American. And I'm not Black, I'm Brown."

Haven't asked Princess yet, afraid to hear her answer.

 

[volger]

So the white emigrant from Africa who gains citizenship in the US, puts down African-American on his drivers license? Interestingly awkward.

 

[KiffinKiller]

i can only speculate as to who 'Princess' is...

 

[OrangeEmpire]

So the white emigrant from Africa who gains citizenship in the US, puts down African-American on his drivers license? Interestingly awkward.

OE wet dream

 

[YorkVol]

i can only speculate as to who 'Princess' is...

My 11 year old who I'm convinced will make a successful assassin one day.

 

[YorkVol]

So the white emigrant from Africa who gains citizenship in the US, puts down African-American on his drivers license? Interestingly awkward.

Sure, I had a roommate in college who was blonde hair/blue eyed and got a scholarship based on being a Native American.

 

[Cdywolfe]

I think people get bent out shape over the silliest things. I totally understand not liking it but I'd it really worth making a fuss?

 

[RespectTradition]

I think people get bent out shape over the silliest things. I totally understand not liking it but I'd it really worth making a fuss?

People use labels to redefine conversations.

Black becomes african-american. Why? I think it was a conscious effort to reclaim the past. It draws attention to the origins of some people and thereby draws attention to the history of how they came to be american.

Illegal alien becomes undocumented immigrant. Why? Because we can all relate to immigrants. Whose family isn't an immigrant family. Even those that came over the Bering Strait land bridge were immigrants. Alien makes you sound strange, foreign, scary. Undocumented makes it sound like you just forgot to do the paperwork. Illegal makes you sound like a criminal. (personally, I am for open borders with little to no restrictions on immigration, but there is no doubt that illegal alien is the more correct term)

Addiction is a disease. Now, instead of your life sucking because you make bad choices, you can pretend that your life is the result of forces beyond your control. You become a sympathetic victim instead of a moron.

People in Lybia that rise up against their government are labeled freedom fighters while those in Iraq are called insurgents.

There are many more examples. The thing to remember is that how something is labeled greatly affects how it is talked about and thought about.