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JoliePoufiasse 
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 Posted: Feb 04 2013 at 8:59pm |
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BoutThatLife wrote:
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We don't all look alike though..that sounds like some ish racist non blacks think...different "tribes" have features they're known for |
Haitians are not a "tribe". We're from different tribes from all over the African continent, just like AA's. So to say that haitians have a look and jamaicans have another look doesn't make any damn sense. What's racist is a lot of AA's assumptions of what haitians are supposed to look like. It kinda get on my nerves. There's a reason all these artists are "in the closet", like someone stated earlier and that they would feel that they have to hide their ethniticity to make it just pisses me the hell off. |
You're getting extra defensive when there is no need. No one has insulted Haitians or their looks. Yes, there is a general look that all ethnic groups have, so what makes Haitians any different?
I'm sorry but some of y'all sound insecure af about this |
I'm getting defensive because some of y'all JUST DON'T GET how ignorant the reasoning behind it all actually is. Insecure, definitely not. I'm haitian and proud (truth be told, I'm only half haitian, but I'm still proud!) If I'm gonna throw the insecurity card, I'd look at who is constantly trying to claim some type of injun or what not. And the funny thing is, those AA Beyonce type creoles that y'all love so much, most of them have haitian ancestry. That puts me in stitches |
but no one said anything bad about the way Haitians look.  |
There is this undercurrent on bhm (and in the states in general) and if you are haitian, you know it to be true. It's kinda like when white folks say dum shyt but are totally oblivious that they are saying dum shyt.
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JP I'm telling you on BHM you don't have to worry about that stigma.
Here the worst thing to be is AA.
Trust me girl , you good
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Posted: Feb 04 2013 at 9:00pm |
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I never heard bad stuff/ignorant stuff about Haitians until I moved up north
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Forgive my ignorance!
But are Haitians and Creole people the same?
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Posted: Feb 04 2013 at 9:02pm |
JoliePoufiasse wrote:
And a lot of them, you cannot tell. There is a reason why people are astonished to find out that someone like Al B Sure or Maxwell are haitian/have haitian ancestry. And the reason is ignorance. So yes, it does annoy me. |
That may hold true for you, but for the majority of the time I can. Who is All B? I was astonished not because of ignorance but because he's never mentioned it until the earthquake@ Maxwell. But I digress.
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Posted: Feb 04 2013 at 9:02pm |
*Belle*Femme* wrote:
nycdiva357 wrote:
Certain ppl from certain cultures have features that enable you to identify them.
Get mad if you want...but it's true.
I've seen Nigerians be able to identify other Nigerians without the other party having uttered a word.
I've seen islanders do it as well..shrug |
im very good at doing this. I mean you can see someone from ethiopia and know they are ethiopian. It happens. I see folks and know they are from ghana or sierra leone. I have an eye for that. |
I know it happens. Even with some haitians. But the difference is that haitians were enslaved. That means we came from different tribes. Therefore to assume that there is a haitian look makes no sense, even though we are less mixed than other islands due to our history. For the most part, what people perceive as a haitian look is a way of being and carrying oneself.
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Posted: Feb 04 2013 at 9:03pm |
jonesable wrote:
Here the worst thing to be is AA.
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Posted: Feb 04 2013 at 9:03pm |
ImThatDiva wrote:
JoliePoufiasse wrote:
And a lot of them, you cannot tell. There is a reason why people are astonished to find out that someone like Al B Sure or Maxwell are haitian/have haitian ancestry. And the reason is ignorance. So yes, it does annoy me. |
That may hold true for you, but for the majority of the time I can.
Who is All B?
I was astonished not because of ignorance but because he's never mentioned it until the earthquake@ Maxwell.
But I digress.
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It was pathetic, the way he did it too. I saw that Oprah episode. Dude was saying it like he was admitting a shameful secret. Makes me think of some of my coon ass cousins
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Posted: Feb 04 2013 at 9:03pm |
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Lol Jolie no offense but you seem angry as hell all the time
Like damn
When are you happy
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. I put a disclaimer because every time I'm not trying to be offensive, people think I am. I don't know when I should or shouldn't anymore. I give up. I'll just type and hope it comes out right.
I understand girl.
