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Rochsub2009 -> RE: Why not "Black" instead of "African Ameriican"? (10/28/2009 7:52:48 PM)
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ORIGINAL: nubianmuscle
Honestly, I have sat back and watched your responses, rather bemused. IMO, you did seem to come off as the end all and be all of black opinion. If you are one of the few blacks/African Americans/Negroes/people of color on here that post you owe the rest of us the courtesy of making it clear that you are stating your opinion, not everyone else's.
I personally believe the old saying, "What you call me is not as important as what I answer to."
As an aside, I honestly am lost as opposed to what point you were trying to make as it seemed as if you were all over the place in your various responses. If your general opinion, is the appropriateness of what you are called, depends on the situation, that's fine. That's all you really had to state.
Thanks Nubianmuscle. i have sat on the sideline thinking many of the same thoughts as you expressed.
While i understand many of the opinions that Blackmaaaaaaan expressed, i didn't agree with all of them.
But that is the fundamental problem with this entire discussion. It assumes that we all think alike. We are all individuals with our own ideas and opinions. Blacks/Negroes/colored people/African-Americans are not a part of some uni-mind. We don't all think alike. Our opinions are as varied as Whites/Caucasians/European-Americans.
Like most here, i have far more important things to worry about than what label someone addresses me by. But to be clear, their attitude and intent is far more important than the label that they choose.
Now how do i go about reclaiming the 10 minutes it took me to read this thread? ;-)
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