Bethel Park for African Americans (2009, store, move to)

[RoughCollie]

Originally Posted by mr.davon24

That's BS Scott. For her to be at Monroeville mall is kind of hard to believe though. I get this type of attention also when I go to the more up scale malls around the Burgh. I get the looks and the workers following me around. Most of the time I just laugh it off and tell myself don't get mad they're doing there job. Seriously, it's so bad sometimes they follow as soon as you come into the store.

That happens here too (Mass.). I went shopping with a black attorney friend of mine, and the minute we walked into a shop, the salesclerks followed us around. I was furious and said plenty about it to the owner and salesclerks, right in front of all the other customers. Funny thing, I looked like a bum (jeans) and she was wearing a suit, but they ignored me -- we split up to test them. Last time I'll ever go into any of those stores again.

[zip95]

Originally Posted by Hopes

But not AA. Perfectly clear.

Good point Hopes... Black but not AA??? Is that like I have no hair but I'm not bald... or maybe... I'm wearing no clothes but I'm not naked.

[Hopes]

Originally Posted by zip95

Good point Hopes... Black but not AA??? Is that like I have no hair but I'm not bald... or maybe... I'm wearing no clothes but I'm not naked.

No, it's like "people say I'm a strawberry-blonde, but I prefer to think of myself as just blonde, but I say strawberry-blonde/blonde because everyone always tells me what to call the color of my own hair." It's just her preference--she's trying to be true to herself but remain respectful of others who have a different preference at the same time.

[PeterRabbit]

Could it be akin to saying you're white instead of European American?

[Hopes]

Originally Posted by PeterRabbit

Could it be akin to saying you're white instead of European American?

That was already covered earlier in the thread. I didn't want to be redundant.

[zip95]

Originally Posted by Hopes

No, it's like "people say I'm a strawberry-blonde, but I prefer to think of myself as just blonde, but I say strawberry-blonde/blonde because everyone always tells me what to call the color of my own hair." It's just her preference--she's trying to be true to herself but remain respectful of others who have a different preference at the same time.

Ohhh... So you interpreted it as saying I'm black, but I don't like the term African American... I must have missed that part

[Hopes]

Originally Posted by zip95

Ohhh... So you interpreted it as saying I'm black, but I don't like the term African American... I must have missed that part

Yeah, it was earlier in the thread. The early bird catches the worm!

I guess my initial comment seemed really odd to anyone who hadn't seen her prior post.

[simetime]

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[simetime]

My question is when did they (?) have a meeting and made a determination on what to call blacks in america? Negros to Colors to Blacks to African Americans to-----Those people?

[mattjd]

Originally Posted by simetime

My question is when did they (?) have a meeting and made a determination on what to call blacks in america? Negros to Colors to Blacks to African Americans to-----Those people?

Back in the 80s Jesse Jackson pushed the term "Afro-American" but I guess it didn't stick.