Posted on 06/18/2012 9:13:49 PM PDT by nickcarraway
white folks from Zimbabwe are African Americans to me...
Did the S.I. do that kind of checking? I thought it was only checks for recent moriscos and marannos
As another poster pointed out, recent migrants from Africa know their origin, so someone from SA would know if they are Xhosa or Zulu etc.
For example, I've seen it used to describe blacks living in other countries who have never stepped foot in America.
Another example is the usage of "African American" to describe a trait, when it isn't established at all whether the person or item associated with that trait is American (an "African American hair was found at the crime scene" -- as if the hair has an American flag attached to it).
Another thing -- don't call someone an African-American unless you're sure they want to be called that. I know a lot of black immigrants from the West Indies who are offended by the term. Many will tell you with gusto that an African-American is someone who came from some African country and immigrated to the USA.
When I was in high school we had an exchange student from the Faroe Islands visit us and my mother asked him if there were any colored people who lived there? Without missing a beat he said, “Yeah, we’re all white”
Caucasoid skin color varies considerably from pale, freckled Irish to black Dravidians
“your race would be Caucasian”
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I certainly know what my race is, and the features.
Perhaps for you I should have worded it “white, as in caucasion”, instead of “white, or Caucasian”, meaning white, or in other words, Caucasian.
you are wrong -- you forget the ancient civilizations of Egypt and Ethiopia. Granted, both of them were not Negroid in origin but the Egyptians were ruled by Nubians in the 7th century BC and Ethiopians are a mixture of Semites and one race of Africans, while the Ethiopians speak an Afro-Asiatic language like the Berbers or Copts.
White folks from Zimbabwe are African Americans to me…Shouldn’t they be called American Africans??
Caribbean folks have their own strong, distinct culture.
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Thanks nickcarraway.
We have a very dear friend of the family....he is the only TRUE African American I know. He is a white Dr. He immigrated here from Africa many years ago and is a US citizen. So, he’s not only he an african american, he is white AND jewish!
As far as Nigra is concerned, it obviously is derived from negro with a “nig” thrown in for good measure.
“Not to dispute what you said, but if colored was the most polite I don’t know why negro was used quite often in the names of black organizations.”
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Might I remind you of the NAACP?
Is there a more prominent black organization?
I suspect “negro” became more prominent in later years.
Remember, my parents were from Atlanta, and I grew up in Memphis.
We actually considered “negro” to be more condescending
then “colored”, and most blacks that I knew also used the term colored.
I failed to mention that “colored” was most always the designated signage for negros.
I can not recall ever seeing a segregation sign that said “negro”.
Very well said.
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