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It never fails to amaze me how "other" people are quick to tell American blacks how "they" should feel in regard to their own ethnicity. Ah yes, we are encouraged to simply forget the brutality and emotional and psychological scars imposed on African American people and the generations that follow (culturally, educationally, economically, socially and politically). Yes, stop the whining, oversensitivity, and of course the laziness, and so on. And yes, greet all people that emmigrate to the United States legally and illegally, with open arms. They tell us: accept the rallying cry "we know how you feel!" Forget the injustices your families experienced because it makes us feel better, and by the way: it is politically correct to keep this so-called injustice quiet (don't even think about reparations). Avoid the irony of using organizational names and titles like: The National Association for the Advancment of Colored People, The United Negro College Fund. Do this even though it is these organizations that are chiefly responsible for "our" progress here in The United States of America. Even some of our African and Carribean brothers come to live and work here, and want also to tell us how "we" should feel. Wow, this is all very interesting. I wonder: maybe ... just maybe, one day ... all of these well-intentioned folks will take the time to read about the pain and suffering "black folks" here in "Ameiika" have had to overcome with their blood, sweat and tears (yes, this is one of my favorite bands). That said, while not offensive intrinsically, the term "Negro" is historically out of place; 56,000 out of 20 million African Americans does not a consensus make.
It never fails to amaze me how "other" people are quick to tell American blacks how "they" should feel in regard to their own ethnicity. Ah yes, we are encouraged to simply forget the brutality and emotional and psychological scars imposed on African American people and the generations that follow (culturally, educationally, economically, socially and politically). Yes, stop the whining, oversensitivity, and of course the laziness, and so on. And yes, greet all people that emmigrate to the United States legally and illegally, with open arms. They tell us: accept the rallying cry "we know how you feel!" Forget the injustices your families experienced because it makes us feel better, and by the way: it is politically correct to keep this so-called injustice quiet (don't even think about reparations). Avoid the irony of using organizational names and titles like: The National Association for the Advancment of Colored People, The United Negro College Fund. Do this even though it is these organizations that are chiefly responsible for "our" progress here in The United States of America. Even some of our African and Carribean brothers come to live and work here, and want also to tell us how "we" should feel. Wow, this is all very interesting. I wonder: maybe ... just maybe, one day ... all of these well-intentioned folks will take the time to read about the pain and suffering "black folks" here in "Ameiika" have had to overcome with their blood, sweat and tears (yes, this is one of my favorite bands). That said, while not offensive intrinsically, the term "Negro" is historically out of place; 56,000 out of 20 million African Americans does not a consensus make.
You went back to January's posts to dig this up. Excuse me while I get excited
It's the pathetic little mind game they play. Whatever word is current, they object to and make YOU adapt to them by forcing YOU to use their NEW term for themselves. First is was ni**er, then Colored, then Negro, then Black, then African-American. In a few years, they'll figure they'll make everybody jump through hoops again and change it to some other silly-ass name.
It is in the same vein as rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic post-iceberg. Now matter how you arrange them (or what you call them) the results are still the same pathetic results as before, almost all sink, very little swim. One day they will realize it isn't the name...., well on second thought, I don't that level of enlightenment will ever come to be.
I had no issue with the word being on it.
I would understand some older people feeling that way because they had more experience with overt racism.
Racist slurs really have no effect on me.
Being that I doused the form with alcohol and watched it burn anyway.
honestly, i'm very curious about the black population in our country...i wonder if the negro thing will keep younger (and for that matter older) black ppl from filling the census out.
i still feel like its insulting. negro is not on my birth certificate at all. so they did it to attract the older black ppl. do they outnumber the younger black ppl? sacrifice us for the elderly? who said that elderly blacks want to be called negros anyway? whats next, putting:
African American, Black, Negro or Colored
on the census? why not? it isn't that far fetched if we're now throwing negro on the census. might as well reach back to the time we were referred to as colored ppl. maybe great grandparents will rejoice and stand up to be counted now.
*balls it up and throws it in the trash*
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