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My remarks about illegal immigration were in response to your glowing remarks about La Raza. Quote:
"La Raza never systematically discriminated against anyone".
In a sense they are discriminating against Americans by defending illegal aliens just because most of them are of their ethnic group. This attitude brings another word to mind to describe them but I'll just leave it at that.
"African roots" means nothing....it means absolutely nothing.
So if "African roots" means nothing then why do you push back so HARD whenever the discussion revolves around Dominicans (or Afro-Latinos, in general) and their African roots?
So if "African roots" means nothing then why do you push back so HARD whenever the discussion revolves around Dominicans (or Afro-Latinos, in general) and their African roots?
Because people (like you) for some (very odd) reason love to perpetuate the "YOU'RE BLACK! YOU HAVE AFRICAN ROOTS!" garbage...it means nothing.
You aren't arguing geography when you say "African"..You are implying two things.
1 -skin color
And
2 - culture
And when it comes to those...they are not mutually inclusive when speaking of "Africans". Even if you want to address the racial complexes within hispanic cultures...there are many Africans who would never assimilate to the culture of American blacks. So does that count for anything?
Dominicans having African lineage still doesn't do a single thing to help Jakiyah McKoys case. And the whole argument you build is just trying to group anybody with a dash of brown into your personal, bitter agenda.
And that means something, while African roots mean nothing? I do not understand.................
No..my parents being first generation Hungarian-Americans means a lot more than someone who has to go back about 25 generations to find a relative who is a native African. And even then all that matters is whether I choose to acknowledge it or not.
Lol..it's funny how black folks use the "one drop rule" when it's convenient for them.
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Because people (like you) for some (very odd) reason love to perpetuate the "YOU'RE BLACK! YOU HAVE AFRICAN ROOTS!" garbage...it means nothing.
You aren't arguing geography when you say "African"..You are implying two things.
1 -skin color
And
2 - culture
And when it comes to those...they are not mutually inclusive when speaking of "Africans". Even if you want to address the racial complexes within hispanic cultures...there are many Africans who would never assimilate to the culture of American blacks. So does that count for anything?
Dominicans having African lineage still doesn't do a single thing to help Jakiyah McKoys case. And the whole argument you build is just trying to group anybody with a dash of brown into your personal, bitter agenda.
So obviously "African roots" means something specific to you since you are making wild and erroneous assumptions that are not based on anything that I have actually stated.
No..my parents being second generation Hungarian-Americans means a lot more than someone who has to go back about 25 generations to find a relative who is a native African. And even then all that matters is whether I choose to acknowledge it or not.
Lol..it's funny how black folks use the "one drop rule" when it's convenient for them.
The hypocrisy of this statement is that apparently so do you.
I'm "black" because I was born in the United States but I magically would be "white" had I been born in Latin America.
So obviously "African roots" means something specific to you since you are making wild and erroneous assumptions that are not based on anything that I have actually stated.
It means nothing....having African roots that have been marginalized by more than half of a millennium means what? Please tell me...
Or do you just really want to say "if you're black...you're one of us" ?
Cmon say it...you are remixing the one drop rule.
If not...what's the significance of the African lineage of hispanics?
The hypocrisy of this statement is that apparently so do you.
I'm "black" because I was born in the United States but I magically would be "white" had I been born in Latin America.
No...I'm simply making the distinction between race and culture while you want to muddle the lines for the sake of your own narrative.
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