Black or African-American?

Morris Chestnuts wrote: I consider myself Moorish-American.

You're a part of the Pretty People.

I consider myself a proud African American. My ancestors were brought here on slave ships. My ancestors marched, protested, were abused and died for the civil rights of blacks in America. My ancestors did too much for me to just call myself American bc it wasnt that long ago for me to just forget.


Also, I go to school with a bunch of Africans that have their citizenship. They call themselves African (Nigerian, South African etc). Ask their race they say Black, ask their ethnicity they say African, ask their culture they will tell u from what tribe. Only and ONLY when you ask nationality will they say American. As well for all the WI people Ive met. They call themselves Jamaican, Haitian, Basian, Trinidadian... even though almost all of them were born here in America and parents might have been born here.

So if your coworker wants to ask people why they call themselves something, he better not just single AAs out. 

tatee wrote: you need to learn the fine art of getting greasy with co-workers quick-fast no witnesses.

rotfl
Its a fair question tho. Always wondered

ScorpioLuv wrote: I consider myself a proud African American. My ancestors were brought here on slave ships. My ancestors marched, protested, were abused and died for the civil rights of blacks in America. My ancestors did too much for me to just call myself American bc it wasnt that long ago for me to just forget. Also, I go to school with a bunch of Africans that have their citizenship. They call themselves African (Nigerian, South African etc). Ask their race they say Black, ask their ethnicity they say African, ask their culture they will tell u from what tribe. Only and ONLY when you ask nationality will they say American. As well for all the WI people Ive met. They call themselves Jamaican, Haitian, Basian, Trinidadian... even though almost all of them were born here in America and parents might have been born here. So if your coworker wants to ask people why they call themselves something, he better not just single AAs out.

Thanks, this is pretty much how I wanted to say it. There's just certain things, I try to prevent myself from saying around white people because they're too sensitive. I'm very much into my African roots but when I'm around certain white people, I have to diversify myself into they're ignorant ways and kind of shrug off the subliminal racism.

He doesn't like that I voted for Barack because he's black and yea, I support a decent black president over a crakkker any day, no white man is going to admit that they are ready for a black president, they'll just point out something as infinitesimal as a spec of dust and use that as an excuse for why they will not vote for a negro.

Wildfire wrote: tatee wrote: you need to learn the fine art of getting greasy with co-workers quick-fast no witnesses. rotfl Its a fair question tho. Always wondered

my response wasnt about the op it was huey's second post about all the other stuff the coworker goes on about.