To: Captain Kirk
“Negro” was the operative word back in the 1950s through the mid-1960s. Then “Black” replaced “Negro” circa 1967-1968. Now, of course, it’s “African-American”. What it will be next, who knows?
Which always prompts me to ask the question, “If a White man who was born and raised in the Republic of South Africa moved to the US and became naturalized, would he be an “African-American”?
To: Bobkk47
"Now, of course, its African-American."
Weren't they Afro Americans for a while before that?
Sure would be nice if we were all known as Americans first.
57 posted on
06/21/2008 1:47:40 PM PDT by
Las Vegas Ron
(Election '08, the year McCain defined the word "dilemma")
To: Bobkk47
Which always prompts me to ask the question, If a White man who was born and raised in the Republic of South Africa moved to the US and became naturalized, would he be an African-American?
I think Charlize Theron claims that very thing.
To: Bobkk47
I think you are wrong on this. At least in the Midwest the term was colored. There were signs everywhere back then saying, bathroom for ‘Colored’s’, drinking fountain for ‘Colored’s. some signs just pointed to the bathroom or fountain and said, ‘Colored’, as did other signs which said ‘White only’.
69 posted on
06/21/2008 2:03:13 PM PDT by
Sadie5
To: Bobkk47
If a White man who was born and raised in the Republic of South Africa moved to the US and became naturalized, would he be an African-American?darn right! I'm living proof ... a Caucasian African American, and proud of it. A minority of but a few ...
72 posted on
06/21/2008 2:09:25 PM PDT by
sofaman
(Moses dragged us through the desert for 40 years to bring us to the one place in the ME with no oil.)
To: Bobkk47
'Which always prompts me to ask the question, If a White man who was born and raised in the Republic of South Africa moved to the US and became naturalized, would he be an African-American?' That was essentially the claim that Senator Kerry's wife, Teresa, made at one point during the 2004 campaign. Didn't fly...especially with African-Americans.
144 posted on
06/21/2008 6:08:12 PM PDT by
Captain Rhino
( If we have the WILL to do it, there is nothing built in China that we cannot do without.)
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