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[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by Andy

A buddy of mine is from England, now lives here and married a woman from the United States. She is very politically correct.

First time he takes her to England to meet his friends and family, he introduces her to his best friend who happens to be black.

After chatting for a few minutes, she giggles and the friend asks what's funny?

She says, "Oh, nothing, I have just never heard an African-American with an English accent before."

He looks at her kind of funny and says.....



"I'm neither African or American.....I was born here in the UK!"

It just shows how dumb people are and how they do not even realize that being Black and African-American are totally different things. One is a race classification, the other is a ethnicity. You could technically racially White and be African-American. Ask Charlize Theron who was born in South Africa but lives in L.A.. I do not know if she has citizenship in this country, but if she was she would be an African-American. Only people that do not know try to say something is wrong with calling someone "Black."

Peace

[Eastshire]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

It just shows how dumb people are and how they do not even realize that being Black and African-American are totally different things. One is a race classification, the other is a ethnicity. You could technically racially White and be African-American. Ask Charlize Theron who was born in South Africa but lives in L.A.. I do not know if she has citizenship in this country, but if she was she would be an African-American. Only people that do not know try to say something is wrong with calling someone "Black."

Peace

I had a friend that immigrated from Jamaica. He really didn't like being called African-American.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by Eastshire

I had a friend that immigrated from Jamaica. He really didn't like being called African-American.

Because he is not. I grew up with a Nigerian family and they were not African-Americans in the truest form of the term. I also know Black people from Trinidad and Jamaica and other island countries.

I was in South Africa this summer and I met a lot of Africans that were not Black. And many of them looked just like people in this country but had origins from other countries, but grew up and lived in South Africa all their life. And I guess I also get a little tired of "We were born in America" talk. No crap, but that does not take away from our heritage or where our ancestry comes from and people wanting to claim that.

Peace

[Adam]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

Because he is not. I grew up with a Nigerian family and they were not African-Americans in the truest form of the term. I also know Black people from Trinidad and Jamaica and other island countries.

I was in South Africa this summer and I met a lot of Africans that were not Black. And many of them looked just like people in this country but had origins from other countries, but grew up and lived in South Africa all their life. And I guess I also get a little tired of "We were born in America" talk. No crap, but that does not take away from our heritage or where our ancestry comes from and people wanting to claim that.

Peace

Agreed. I grew up in an area where "heritage" wasn't celebrated much. But when I went to college, in a small Dutch town in NW Iowa, I got a taste of what it's like for people to celebrate their heritage.

If I never see another tulip again....