Well I've heard a couple people ask others would they rather be called African-American or Black. Someone even asked me that...I told them I was an American.They told me NO you're African-American. I strongly disagree with this notion. Why can't I just be an American? I am not denying my roots and my heritage.I know my ancestors were slaves but for a person to be African-American wouldn't they have to be born in Africa then become a citizen of America or another country? Or their parents were born in Africa or something...Both my parents were American...Does this problem exist elsewhere? If I lived in France would I be African-French...or just French? Or in England? African-English...or just English...
If I ever have to fill out an application and they ask my nationality I am bubbling in Other and writing down American, because that's what I am.
Discussion Points: I don't have any just discuss... xD
The reason why there is still racism is because of black supremacy movements who want to discriminate against non blacks, like the Black Radical Congress. This group's goals are to keep blacks separate from the rest of the US by stating that they were discriminated against. Well not them, but some black guy they knew once. Even after a white congressmen wanted to support their cause, they excluded him, telling him to come back when he can change the color of his skin. It's the same with African-American. It's just BS that some blacks like to say to remind everyone they came from Africa once upon a time. Every race was discriminated against at one time or another in America, some just cry about it more. My people were wiped out in WW2 by Turkey, but the Jews keep crying about the Holocaust. The only way the racism is going to stop, is when we have a generation that just doesn't care about it. Then fathers will stop telling their sons about their prejudices and everyone can be Americans... and then go kill all the Muslims threatening to blow up the world.
The reason why there is still racism is because of black supremacy movements who want to discriminate against non blacks
I wouldn't quite go that far, to be semantical. It's not because of these things though they certainly do not help!
I mean, because of the separatist sentiment, the white faction then feels threatened and discriminates. The question was whether the chicken or the egg came first.
What I find ironic at the core of all this is the root of such troubles. It was the global forces of colonialisation, subjugation and assimilation that led to those suppressed ethnic groups expressing their grievances in the manner of their historical oppressors.
@ Talo: I thought the tensions between the Turks and the Greeks still ran strong. So I've been told.
Hitler stated "who now remembers the Armenians". This statement referred to the inaction of the world community during deportation and killings of the Armenians in the period around the First World War. Historians have suggested that the meaning of Hitler's statement was that if the Turks got away with committing Genocide against the Armenians, then Nazi Germany could get away with starting a genocide against the Jews.
Hmm, always wondering what the heck is "wrong" with Americans (don't take it wrong, this). Being a relatively young nation, with a population build from emigrants, I really cannot see what the problems with the right nationality is. All who are born in America have to be Americans, or else it will end up "Oh, so you are a Italian-American?" "No, Spanish-American. My greatgreatgrandfather (and so on).." I have the same veiw when it comes to emigrants here in Denmark. "First generation", "Second generation"... If you are born in Denmark, well, then you are Danish. If your family came from somewhere else, well, why should it matter?! It just end up like under Hitler, where the Jews were killed. If you were not a jew, but had a jew in your family (I think the limit was greatgrandparent), then you were still a jew/unpure.
We are all humans. That is our species. We are all alike, have to share the same planet, the same societies... The similarities are greater than the differences, but sadly the differences are all people see...
Or in England? African-English...or just English...
Indeed. Most 3rd or fourth generation blacks in England think of themselves as British or English. Most 1st or 2nd generation think of themselves as West Indian or African. I think a lot of it depends on your parents.
I thought the tensions between the Turks and the Greeks still ran strong. So I've been told.
Being half Greek and having had cousins who were killed in the last war with them then yes i can confirm this. There is tons and tons of animosity towards the turks and vice versa. I dont particularly like the Turks myself, of the ones that i have met.
It was the global forces of colonialisation, subjugation and assimilation that led to those suppressed ethnic groups expressing their grievances in the manner of their historical oppressors.
Indeed. It really annoys me when whites criticise blacks for being racist. In truth the black supremacist groups are in the minority. Extremist groups of all kinds are bad, but when you cinsider how popular groups like the KKK were in the early 20th century, and even now with all the assassination attempts, who are whites to moan about racism?
@ Cenere. It depends on the social circumstances of the immigrants as to how they perceive themselves.
In Britain just under 95% of all the blacks who live here are classified as working class. The council estates which many live on, including myself as a kid, are horrible environments and it seems you are lumped together with all the other immigrants and are second class citizens. This is exacerbated even more when there is high unemployment, leading to high crime rates.
As Cenere said though, theres only one race, the human race.
I have that from pokemon > >... Anyway, should it matter? People usually ask which country you are from, not where your family is from (not before afterwards at least), and stuff like that. I once new this girl who had a foreign first name, and a Danish looking middlename. She usually presented herself with the Danish name, because people were prejudiced. So whenever she was trying to get work, she would write her middlename, and get to the interview, instead of writing her firstname and be left out...
Well, if you want to be politically correct, it's "African American". But you won't hear any blacks actually saying that. It's mostly the guilty whites who say "African American". And the haughty blacks.
So whenever she was trying to get work, she would write her middlename, and get to the interview, instead of writing her firstname and be left out...
What's in a name?
There was a study done in America quite recently. They made dummy CVs all with the exact same credentials. The difference was that half had white sounding names and half had black sounding names. The employers replied more to the white sounding names, I cannot remember by what percentage, but it was substantial enough to show there is prejudice.
Yes... I wonder how some people can be that shallow... That is like when we (my former classmates and I) were on a study trip to Italy. The blondes were looked after by the guys, and some were asked where there were from. When telling, the guys always nodded with a smile, all "Ahhh, of course"ish...
Nationality is your country of birth (I'm American). Ethnicity is your relatives origin (I'm Czech, French, German and English).
You can put whatever you want though. My grandpa (Czech and German by ethnicity), used to fill in "Native American." His philosophy was that since he was born in America, his native country was America, thus he's Native American :P
i dont get the saying: African-american. If youre black and you live in the united states, youre an american. Not an african-american. When other races came to america we didnt call em names. So basically either black or an american works for me.
