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He is more African American than virtually every American citizen who happens to be black. Blacks do NOT deserve to call themselves both African and American in the same word.
"Deserve"??? Blacks don't "deserve" to call themselves African-American?
Maybe you should focus on whites who call themselves or identify each other as Polish-Americans or Italian-Americans or German-Americans, etc.
Yeah, it's your right to tell a group of people how they should refer to themselves..........black and African American are not synonymous.....while all African Americans are black, not all blacks are African American.
The whites ,or the Arabs from Africa who emigrate to USA are called "whites " & "Arabs " respectively.
Everybody uses the AA term only for blacks.However,u are right,there are islander blacks too,like Powell( Jamaica) & AG Holder( Barbados)...
Now,a black offended by the term "black " is paranoid,
like someone with a white car who gets nervous
when they call it ..."white "...
Let them introduce to sensus 2010 the term "islander black "...
I have a gentleman that works for me as a Lawyer. He was born and raised in Johannesburg (sp?) South Africa. He legally immigrated to the United States when he was in his early 20's. He became a naturalized citizen.
He is White
He checks the box "African-American" on the forms that ask for disclosure.
Do you agree with his selection?
Sounds like one of the many South African whites who decided that SA had suddenly become aware that whiteness in that country wasn't particularly healthy. Unless he's got dual citizenship, he's no more AA than anyone else. But then again, this world is kind of messed up by the labels so he can call himself whatever he wants.
I have a gentleman that works for me as a Lawyer. He was born and raised in Johannesburg (sp?) South Africa. He legally immigrated to the United States when he was in his early 20's. He became a naturalized citizen.
He is White
He checks the box "African-American" on the forms that ask for disclosure.
Do you agree with his selection?
Trust me I don't of know of any White person Born in South Africa who will say they are an African, Historically They came there to kill Africans. Don't know how familiar you were with Apartheid, but they weren't say'n "We Africans can't get along"
This is a very old and tiresome thread, In a nut shell , African American is a "TERM" designated to describe Black people in the United States who's History and more importantly, Culture, have direct links to the Atlantic Slave trade.
So your friend is ignorant of who the United States government thinks he is.
I bet when Job applications, apartment complexes, bank Loans,and Country Clubs ask him who is is he isn't ignorant, he checks "White"
I have a gentleman that works for me as a Lawyer. He was born and raised in Johannesburg (sp?) South Africa. He legally immigrated to the United States when he was in his early 20's. He became a naturalized citizen.
He is White
He checks the box "African-American" on the forms that ask for disclosure.
Do you agree with his selection?
No, as he is a European descendant from Apartheid South Africa.
True, but to use the term African-American, it is more likely the scourge of slavery and white man's culpability will never go away, even though it would be difficult to find any AA in the US directly descended from slaves.
It is just a convenient term that perpetuates the need for "compensation".
I look in the mirror and see an African. So do the police.
The whites ,or the Arabs from Africa who emigrate to USA are called "whites " & "Arabs " respectively.
Everybody uses the AA term only for blacks.However,u are right,there are islander blacks too,like Powell( Jamaica) & AG Holder( Barbados)...
Now,a black offended by the term "black " is paranoid,
like someone with a white car who gets nervous
when they call it ..."white "...
Let them introduce to sensus 2010 the term "islander black "...
Not sure what you are getting at here.........but I have mentioned numerous times on this forum what the definition of African American is......and Powell and Holder fit the second definition (a non African American black person who has assimilated into the African American culture)...
"Deserve"??? Blacks don't "deserve" to call themselves African-American?
Maybe you should focus on whites who call themselves or identify each other as Polish-Americans or Italian-Americans or German-Americans, etc.
I would but I don't see those kind of idiots down here. I am an American of Irish, Indian and French heritage. What? Am I not allowed to criticize blacks because I am white.
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