Slavery in Africa is a complicated issue, as Africans have enslaved Africans and there is a strong religious and cultural divide within Africa. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, and I do not have a strong opinion on what Oprah or Glover choose to spend their money on. I have been to Africa a number of times and found it to be an amazing place.... but to idealize it does not do it justice. Unfortunately Africa is either completely vilified or viewed as a saintly craddle of culture.... when in reality is is not that simple.
So there are no real Irish? French? Canadians? etc? How far do you go back? How do you keep it from being arbitrary? My friend Jay is full blooded Ojibwa and has lived in England for the last 5 years, so he is American? Even though his culture is vastly different than a majority of the people living in North America?
What do you intend to achieve by classifying people in the way you are classifying them? What should be different for someone whom you consider "African"? What should be different for someone because you classify him/her as a "true American"? Why is it so important to you to put people in drawers? What if one of your parents is from Africa, the other one is from Germany, you were born in Germany and brought up in Germany? Would you consider that person a "true African"?
The "cutoff" isn't based on "skin" color. It is based on DNA. There are traceable genetic differences between Europeans, Africans, Asians, "Native Americans" etc. Honestly, I don't care enough to argue this point. I've stated my opinion....feel free to disagree.
Disagree. We are all descendants of the first humans of our species who were african. However, as certain groups of africans moved out of the continent they were subject to different environmental pressures and adapted accordingly.......in the process they became something non-african. Only around 1 billion people on the planet (myself included) are still genetically african and still part of the global african gene pool.
You don't read these boards very often do you? I've addressed that time and time again. Quite frankly, feel free to believe whatever you want.....I don't care enough to argue with a person who doesn't even seem to have taken the time to pay attention to anything I have said.
http://news.discovery.com/human/evolution/early-human-ancestor-asia-120604.htm Sorry brah! Also, I see you are dodging the question about mixed people.
Intend to achieve? Not sure what you mean.......this is simply the way I see the world. There is no goal. Trust me, non-African people aren't important enough to me to spend any significant time on....unless the people are doing something in question to impact my people. Your 2nd and 3rd question are poorly worded. 4th question....see my first paragraph. Your 5th question......it would depend. If the "German" parent was an "Afro-German" then yes. If the "German"parent was a European, then I would consider the child to be of mixed race. Here is my question:....Why does anything in the hypothetical situation even matter?
So you do treat people differently based on their ancestry? And you value people differently based on their ancestry? Because...see my questions just above.
The only reference this article makes to Homo Sapiens is that the researcher and his group suspect that one of these lines MAY have gone into Africa and eventually evolved into Homo Sapians. Not saying it didn't happen, but show me an article in which a major publication challenges the accepted model of our species migration. How much do you know about evolution...or biology in general. There have been multiple human species on the planet before ours ( and some at the same time as ours). This is why I made sure to mention the first human of OUR species. The details are important
Depends on what you mean by "treat differently". If you mean "mistreat" then no. If you asking me if I am more invested in the global African community than I am any other global community the answer is YES. I've said time and time again I am a Pan-Africanist and that my primary concern is my people.
Honestly, I would actually prefer if Europeans felt the same way about us. You don't have to be concerned about us or our struggles.....just stay out of the way of our progress.
