Once Amaru gets back from picketing the Cracker Barrel for name more representative of his African heritage, there will be hell to pay 'round here.
LOL the "go back to Africa" argument. I'm surprised I haven't heard that one sooner. I have considered relocating but it is not a simple as you make it seem. 1) Where would I go? 2) Where should I go? 3) My parents are getting older, how feasible would it be for me to return quickly if the unthinkable happened 4) What country can I go to that would most need my skillset 5) Do I even have enough money to move? I come from a family of immigrants, so I'm aware of the realities of picking up one's life and relocating to another nation. It ain't as easy as everything thinks it is. Perhaps I might do it one day, but I'm not in a position financially where I can do that. since this place has had some of the "white man's touch" to help you live better You are confusing Pouche's words with mine.......I agree it is pretty disgusting.
It would be very difficult, if not impossible for blacks in the modern USA to simply not have any relation back to whites because they control the means of production and employment You see.....what you said actually makes sense. But that is not what Pouche said. When I asked for clarification, he just said the same thing in a different way.....and added some profanity.
Why do you guys keep assuming that I'm "African-American"? I was brought up in a multi-cultural household, not an "African-American" or a "European-American" household. I've stated this time and time again.....yet you still don't get it.
Aneurysms are serious medical conditions. That isn't something you should make light off....or simply through around in an internet argument simply because you don't like the other person or what they are saying. Just when I think you have bottomed out Pouche, you continue to sink lower. What's next? Comparing me to children born HIV positive. Do you have any shame?
Prolly goes a little sumthin like this.... Now this is the story all about how My life got flipped, turned upside down And I’d like to take a minute just sit right there I’ll tell you how I became the prince of a town called Zaire In west philadelphia born and raised On the playground where I spent most of my days Chilling out, maxing, relaxing all cool And all shooting some b-ball outside of the school When a couple of guys who were up to no good Started making trouble in my neighborhood I got in one little fight and my mom got scared And said "you’re moving with your aunt and uncle in Zaire"
LOL rep given granville. I bet amaru is really piss that his rep says he's asik and not one of the black players
*sigh* As I have stated MULTIPLE times, I am not an "African-American". I reject that term for 2 reasons: 1) It is an "American" social construct that attempts to describe the descendants of African slaves who come from multiple ethnic groups (Akan, Wolof, Yourba, Hausa, etc.) What is an "African-American"/"Black American"? Genetically speaking, there is no such thing. This is a term that is trying to classify a group of people by their physical, and social, characteristics when it fails to grasp what a diverse group of people it is dealing with. 2) It has been said multiple times if I left the country I would be considered 'an American' by all. That is incorrect and it shows that a lot of people do not know what goes on outside of their local areas. My mother was born in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago like her mother. Her father was born in Grenada. My father is an African-American like his parents. For those of you keeping count at home......of my 4 grandparents THREE SOVEREIGN NATIONS are represented. If you go back to my great-grandparents that number increased to 5 SOVEREIGN NATION ( Venezuela, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines) (The majority of these people are/were Africans.......it isn't uncommon to hear people in Trinidad TODAY refer to blacks as AFRICANS) I'll say it again.....the term African-American DOESN'T BEGIN to describe my family's lives in this hemisphere. Why you people continue to attempt to limit our experience to the U.S. is beyond me.... well actually it isn't. European-American media teaches us that outside of America live a lesser group of people and all they can EVER think of is finding a way to get up here. I can tell you from experience that that isn't true..there are black people outside of the U.S who have no desire to live in the U.S.......some of them hate the U.S. My parents, my "African-American" father included, didn't raise me to see myself as an"African-American". As far back as I can remember I was taught that I was "multicultural" and that the lives of my "non-american" family members were just as important and valuable as those of my "american" family members......I know that might come as a shock to you, but it is true.
All my life......terms like "African-American" and "Black American" have been pushed on me by this European-American society. NOT ONCE was I ever taught that I was either of those.....and that is because my parents knew better.
I don't understand. You are multi-cultural because your parents and their parents were from different countries? Aren't those countries false social constructs? You seem to have major issues with America, and that's your right, but the "African American" label doesn't try to categorize you in anyway beyond what it states. You are an African-American whether you want to be or not. You have more in common with a white person in America than you do with a black person in Nigeria. You choose to reject that based on DNA, and that's fine. You can make that personal choice to pretend to be the same as someone living in Africa, but the reality is that you aren't.
LOL The term is pushed because people are uncomfortable simply calling someone black, and because the words that were more commonly used in the past are off the table because of their derogatory connotations.
Still don't see how you are African by any means. I only see Trinidad and Tobago, Grenada, etc. If you want to get technical you are part Trinidadian American and/or part Grenadian American. Only similarity = skin color. Irrelevant fluff
You trivialized the entire founding and most of the resident population of this country as not "real" Americans. You referred to education, equal protection under the laws and economic and professional empowerment as "white man's trinkets." And you're still too lazy and stupid to actually know or learn anything about Africa. Since you lack the rational capacity for intelligent discourse you shouldn't get any of the civility or patience that would come with it.
amaru -- if your dad is African American, then it's highly likely that you're part white. SLEEP ON THAT TONIGHT, FRIEND
Agreed, terms like this are used to describe people of African heritage without using the word "African". Seems kinda pointless if you ask me.
^ There is nothing to sleep on. It is true that my father does have some European ancestry.....but my mother has more....she is very fair skinned. That is not surprising though.....it is the result of disgusting portuguese and french slave masters not being able to keep their reproductive organs and their genetic material to themselves.
