NCAA ban on mascots

[JRutledge]

Originally posted by PGCougar

Since you were arguing semantics, I thought I'd ask. Why would you exclude people of African descent who reside in other American countries from the definition of African American? Don't you consider them Americans?

I do not recall that I was arguing anything. I was simply pointing out that there is a difference between race and ethnicity. You can be Black and be Cuban, Porto Rican, Dominican, Brazilian, European and even Australian. Considering that scientists have concluded that all people originated from the continent of Africa, of course you can say they are descendents from Africa. Considering where slaves resided in this part of the world, of course many of the Caribbean countries had slaves and were colonized by the French and Spanish I would say yes these individuals have are descendents from the continent of Africa. Considering the lack of "real" history in our school systems, I can see how you would actually think there was no difference.

Peace