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If she commits a crime the white right will make it known that she's an african american. They'll say that the media is biased if her being an african american isn't mentioned, just as they are now when a black person commits a crime and the race isnt mentioned.
I read this quickly as "Raven Syndrome" and thought it was something related to being "Raven Colored in USA!" LOL!!
I detest the term "African-American." When the lingo first came on the scene, i felt it was too wordy, inaccurate and offensive. (Why say in SEVEN syllables what you can say in ONE??)
Nothing solidified this more than when i was having a conversation w a well-educated "Black person" from the Caribbean. She had immigrated to USA within the PAST 5 YEARS and was a psychotherapist. We were stuck in a job orientation just the 2 of us all day- 8hrs.
She told me all about her last doctor's visit and how her doctor told her her condition was common in "African-American females." She was IRATE that he would label her "African-American!" I mean, she fumed for at least an hour about it!
I took the cowardly way out and did not educate her that the term is what all Americans refer to all Black people as and that especially in our field, the "check of box" is going to read "AA" not "Black." I was really surprised she had never encountered this before when filling out state and government demographic forms. Or maybe she just always checked "other" . . . .
I stopped using the AA term since then. I really wanted an excuse to anyways.
I suspect "Hispanic, AA, and Caucasion" will evolve into "Black, Brown and White." Its what children say nowadays and it makes more sense. Not sure what will be said about "Asian-Americans" and "Native-Americans." "Yellow" and "Red" might not pass the sensitivity test since they've been used as slurs in the past . . .
PS- Now that i think about it, most "Black" people i have known have preferred B over AA (just not a zealot like the woman above.)
There is in fact a movement to get rid of "Black history month" led by Blacks because they want too it be incorporated into AMERICAN history and not get "separate but equal" coverage in history. I think this is an interesting stance.
Liberals will have no use for her since she's no longer apart of any "protected class", nothing to exploit. I agree with her, I'm not African American either, I'm a Black Texan
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What a Disgusting response.
Responses like these are why i can't even bother reading the rest of this thread. (most political threads, actually.)
She's a great actress and an excellent speaker. I certainly "have use" for that.
^^Are you calling me a zealot, or the woman in the OP? Had to ask...
Neither.I agree w you and Raven.
I was referring to the zealot in my experience talking to an infuriated Black woman (see post above.)
Not sure if i explained it well, but most of the scene was her repeating, "ME- an African-American??" at least 10xs over an hour and my telling her that her doc was just ignorant and that "SOME people use that term for all Black people." Again, i would have done her a favor to explain it to her correctly. Not she if she could have heard it at the time . . .
I was referring to the zealot in my experience talking to an infuriated Black woman (see post above.)
Not sure if i explained it well, but most of the scene was her repeating, "ME- an African-American??" at least 10xs over an hour and my telling her that her doc was just ignorant and that "SOME people use that term for all Black people." Again, i would have done her a favor to explain it to her correctly. Not she if she could have heard it at the time . . .
Years ago, the confusion became clear to me in a conversation about the issue with a white native-born South African woman who had recently received her U.S. citizenship (an African-American) and a black Nigerian man working in the U.S. on a temporary visa (an African). It's understandable that many people are ignorant of the issue. I was fairly young, and to that point, my interaction with and education about black people had involved only the descendents of slaves. As an adult, I've traveled more widely and have lived among and worked with people from all over the world. They taught me the folly of my youthful assumptions.
I'd probably have that attitude also if I was worth millions.
....what does that have to do with anything?
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I was really surprised she had never encountered this before when filling out state and government demographic forms. Or maybe she just always checked "other" . . . .
