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I'm making a big deal out of this? The thread posted in response to the innumerable threads posted by Americans of European descent complaining, kvetching, ranting, or otherwise constantly bringing up the subject.
By the way, I am not black.
I am brown, more precisely a Pantone®730 Beige which translates into a RGB of 171 112 56 and a hexadecimal shade of #AB7038.
I have a friend from Nigeria who told me explicitly that black people in America are not African in any way. I agreed, pointing out that Africa has a different mother. Africans deserved much better lives than what they have been forced to live.
My earlier statement wasn't in conflict with my first one. "Some" meant that some Mexicans don't refer to themselves as Mexican-Americans and some do. I still say that those who do have dual loyalties. Your girlfriend might be the exception.
Why would you make such an assumption? Is it just what you want to believe? I really think you should be careful what ideas you promote, lest you start a witch hunt for people based on nothing. "Mexican" is a pretty common term around here for Hispanics; it has nothing to do with one's feelings about Mexico.
Admit it, some of you are just bothered by trivial s***.
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Originally Posted by Oldglory
"But we do acknowledge how silly it is for us as legal American citizens to pretend we have more of a moral right to be here than them". I rest my case.
What case? You even said yourself that there isn't a moral right for anyone to come to any country. I mean, what exactly are you disagreeing with and why?
Why would you make such an assumption? Is it just what you want to believe? I really think you should be careful what ideas you promote, lest you start a witch hunt for people based on nothing. "Mexican" is a pretty common term around here for Hispanics; it has nothing to do with one's feelings about Mexico.
Admit it, some of you are just bothered by trivial s***.
What case? You even said yourself that there isn't a moral right for anyone to come to any country. I mean, what exactly are you disagreeing with and why?
Yes, that is what I said. You said the opposite and I quoted you on it? Now go away, you're bothering me.
I have a friend from Nigeria who told me explicitly that black people in America are not African in any way. I agreed, pointing out that Africa has a different mother. Africans deserved much better lives than what they have been forced to live.
Nobody deserves anything but a basic level of fair treatment, dignity, respect and not to have their human or civil rights violated.
Yes, that is what I said. You said the opposite and I quoted you on it?
Lol, you wanna tell me how the following sentences are opposites?
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Originally Posted by Vic 2.0
But we do acknowledge how silly it is for us as legal American citizens to pretend we have more of a moral right to be here than them.
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Originally Posted by Oldglory
There is no "moral" right to come to any country only a legal right and that has to be obtained by permission.
Seems like the same general idea to me.
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Originally Posted by Oldglory
Now go away, you're bothering me.
No. But I imagine I am bothering you, by calling into question your baseless assumptions about people who dare call themselves something you don't think they should.
I'm making a big deal out of this? The thread posted in response to the innumerable threads posted by Americans of European descent complaining, kvetching, ranting, or otherwise constantly bringing up the subject.
By the way, I am not black.
I am brown, more precisely a Pantone®730 Beige which translates into a RGB of 171 112 56 and a hexadecimal shade of #AB7038.
Thank you very much.
I used to date a hexadecimal #AB7038. She really loved me and I should have married her..But as fate has it...a KX328 came along and stole her heart.
Seriously...would you consider the albino black girl I saw at the bus stop as white or black? I bet you there are some black fanatics who will say she is black.....if someone is one quarter black - and the rest white...they always say they are black....whey is that?
We had a few African woman hang out at our house a couple of years ago...They don't act like black people...They don't have an inferiority complex....They did mention that "tone" is important..the further down the scale you are ...the blacker you are.....why is that?
I used to date a hexadecimal #AB7038. She really loved me and I should have married her..But as fate has it...a KX328 came along and stole her heart.
Seriously...would you consider the albino black girl I saw at the bus stop as white or black? I bet you there are some black fanatics who will say she is black.....if someone is one quarter black - and the rest white...they always say they are black....whey is that?
We had a few African woman hang out at our house a couple of years ago...They don't act like black people...They don't have an inferiority complex....They did mention that "tone" is important..the further down the scale you are ...the blacker you are.....why is that?
America has the legacy of the One Drop Rule.
For example, Halle Berry's daughter is 1/4 Black 3/4 White and Halle specifically refers to her daughter as Black.
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