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cmesweet wrote: Hey Nymphe are you a member in Nappturality?

Yup yup, and various other boards around the net trying to glean as much info as I can and help when I can.

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Hey Nymphe are you a member in Nappturality?

I feel ya Puff.

Nymphe wrote: Afropuffs wrote: But since the majority of Blacks in the US and surrounding countries are descendents of slaves who were kidnapped from their homeland 400 years ago and stripped of their history, identity, religion, and language. Somebody, somewhere said: "Here, let's throw these black folks a bone and call them African-American, we don't know from where in Africa they're from perse so we'll just reference the enitire continent as if it's one monolithic entity void of any unique cultures, customs or differences.. that'll make them happy" And that they did. It sounds like you should do more research into slavery, among other things. Also, the term was created and first used by Jesse Jackson, so go complain to him. Why is this stupid thread still open?

It sounds like you need to get that chip off your shoulder and ask yourself why you think a thread about blacks discussing their origins is stupid?

Blacks in the US rarely know where from in Africa their people hail. Why group everybody into one group like Africa doesn't have a gazillion different languages, cultures, customs and traditions.


White people from europe can be german, polish, french, italian, norwegian, etc. But when I suggest that blacks shouldn't be forced to be grouped together like we are all the same you suggest I research slavery? Which part should I research that will tell me from which country I should identify with?

In my opinion, telling blacks they should call themselves AA is like telling whites they should call themselve European Americans. If they ever tried to change the white race to European American like they've done the black race, whites would be up in arms saying, but I'm polish, I'm german, etc... Blacks in the US can't say nothing because we don't know. Are we Siberian, Ghanian, Kenyan, Egyptian, Ethopian, Sudanese? So why should we act like all these countries are the same? That's disrespectful to the continent of AFrica if you ask me

But If this thread is so stupid then you should stay on up out of it. I don't comment in stupid threads personally, I have better things to do.

I guess it's still open because stupid people like me keep responding to it.

I don't get offended personally. I prefer to call myself black but, whatever. Different strokes for different folks, I guess.

Brazil has the highest populations of blacks after Africa, so it is not rare to find black peope in Brazil.

But I undestand you point. I for one, do not like the term African American and do not refer to myself as such. I mean what part of Africa is it that I'm from? You don't see whites calling themselves European Americas but rather they'll say they're, Irish, Italian, German, Polish, etc.

But since the majority of Blacks in the US and surrounding countries are descendents of slaves who were kidnapped from their homeland 400 years ago and stripped of their history, identity, religion, and language. Somebody, somewhere said:

"Here, let's throw these black folks a bone and call them African-American, we don't know from where in Africa they're from perse so we'll just reference the enitire continent as if it's one monolithic entity void of any unique cultures, customs or differences.. that'll make them happy"

And that they did.

All im sayin is alot of people dont understand the black race african, carribean or american we are everywhere so i think its bull**** that were almost restricted to a name such as that. Its almost like everyday on this board where i see blacks say the stupidest **** about there own race like if ur african ur hair is thick or that all africans are dark skinned, all i wanna do is clear it up.

Now i kno were all of african diaspora but we arent all the same the only thing black from around the world share in common is the fact that they are black so it pisses me off when im referred to as an african american cause i dont know **** bout africa, C'mon really im a carribean black skinned man with ancestry from africa.

what i really mean is that black people are just like white people in the sense that there are diffrent types like white russians are diffrent from white italians and black americans are diffrent from black jamiacans

i kno this post doesnt make alot of sense but i was in a hurry when i wrote it

ummm, no. Why would use the word "cracker" and expect to be answered proffessionally or even a response from the admins? How do you know the person who typed in "african american hair" wasn't black? You can ask a large amount of blacks on this forum no1 would really care about this, but you did. Which is alright cuz ur speakin yo mind and everyone has freedom of speech, but dayumm.


smh= shakin my head.

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