When White People Stop Identifying Themselves As White, I'll Drop African American. (Hispanic, state)

[Lucario]

Originally Posted by oz in SC

Well...but you aren't celebrating the your ethnicity...your are celebrating the continent you came from..LOL

And you're splitting hairs to a millimeter. African American IS an ethnicity.

If there were a European-American day or some such nonsense it might make more sense.

And that makes no sense.

[SourD]

Originally Posted by Lucario

And you're splitting hairs to a millimeter. African American IS an ethnicity.

No it isn't.

[Huckleberry3911948]

i think its apples and oranges. did you wana talk about white and black skin tone?
but if u r AA then they are european americans. european is what they call us in singapore, not white. btw we dont call them yellow we call them chinese. how bout us calling each other americans? everybody else thinks we are americans, i mean w/o the hypens.

[Lucario]

Originally Posted by SourD

No it isn't.

It's my ethnicity. It's what my father's background is.

When I wake up in the morning and look in the mirror, I see an African.

When I put me feet on the floor, I know that my physical self is still in the land of my birth. So I instinctively know I am American.

[Evenstar51]

Originally Posted by Winter_Sucks

Technically, everyone is of African decent. Over time humans migrated across the world and the different conditions caused humans to evolve differently to their surroundings.

People are so blind to this fact; you'd think that the Leakey family's work was a huge secret. Anybody with naturally curly hair is showing those genetics.

A Century of the Leakey Family in East Africa » A Century of the Leakey Family in East Africa

[heetseeker]

So, let me get this straight next time I'm in the hood and someone calls me white boy, what do you propose I do? Do you expect I say I'm from england, I'm not white I'm european. It would seem that you op have problem of some sort. If you are so focused on race issues maybe you ought to lock yourself in the closet.

[Huckleberry3911948]

Originally Posted by Evenstar51

People are so blind to this fact; you'd think that the Leakey family's work was a huge secret. Anybody with naturally curly hair is showing those genetics.

A Century of the Leakey Family in East Africa » A Century of the Leakey Family in East Africa

unfortunately putting that on a SF 171 federal employment form unless you got proof that mama is black, will get you a fine and imprisonment.

[SourD]

Originally Posted by Lucario

It's my ethnicity. It's what my father's background is.

When I wake up in the morning and look in the mirror, I see an African.

When I put me feet on the floor, I know that my physical self is still in the land of my birth. So I instinctively know I am American.

I don't think you know the difference between nationality and ethnicity. Since when is African a race? Since when is American a race?

[ovcatto]

Originally Posted by SourD

I don't think you know the difference between nationality and ethnicity. Since when is African a race? Since when is American a race?

Good point.

[claudhopper]

Originally Posted by Lucario

True, though during the Columbus Day, Kosciuzko Day, St. Patrick's Day, Bastille Day, Oktoberfest, Hibernian and Hellenic Festivals, we certainly see people doing this. What I don't see is anyone condemning white Americans for celebrating their European culture, ancestry and heritage, so I wonder why there is such hostility toward that which is African American?

Because it's a false identity with another nation. You are American, you live in this country. It's a matter of national identity, national pride, national unity. If you want to pretend your African, then drop the American handle. Pick one, unless you be a dual citizen.
Why would I want to say I am an Irish-American? I have no ties or allegiance to Ireland, it is not my identity.