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RE: "African American"? - 2/22/2010 10:38:46 AM   
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So I guess they do not call themselves African Americans... although technically I suppose it would be okay, since they do live in North America... Like in South America they call both Canadians and US citizens Norte Americanos


Perhaps, but then you have those of African descent who have always lived in Africa, and those who have always lived in Europe, and many other places.


I do not see this as a huge thing... if you noticed in the article I posted from wiki, they have worked out what they want to call themselves

I take people as being human beings, get to know them, and then if it is of any importance or the subject comes up I ask them what their label is... it is just easier this way. I do not like labeling others for the most part, I prefer to refer to people the way they ask to be referred to... just me, etc.

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RE: "African American"? - 2/22/2010 10:48:27 AM   
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RE: "African American"? - 2/22/2010 10:48:52 AM   
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I mean, there are three Black people in Canada... right?..(I am joking btw)


Four actually, the Census has just been updated


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RE: "African American"? - 2/22/2010 11:06:47 AM   
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I'm an Irish German Dutch French English American.  I think that's all of them.


I'm an Anglo-Saxon-Irish Hispanic (my great-grandmother was Spanish).

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RE: "African American"? - 2/22/2010 11:50:23 AM   
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So I guess they do not call themselves African Americans... although technically I suppose it would be okay, since they do live in North America... Like in South America they call both Canadians and US citizens Norte Americanos


Perhaps, but then you have those of African descent who have always lived in Africa, and those who have always lived in Europe, and many other places.


I agree - as a matter of simple logic, it's bizarre to call people in that category "African Americans". However, I think it's purely up to them to decide how much the issue matters to them, and whether they want to try to persuade the powers that hold sway here at CollarMe to provide an alternative term.

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RE: "African American"? - 2/22/2010 11:51:40 AM   
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I mean, are we to believe there is something insulting about just being "African", that we have to add "American" to make it acceptable?

We are one of the of the few places that does this... and it is not as if we are ashamed of our roots that we do it, it is actually a statement of pride in them...


I'm not sure I see how requiring a Canadian of African descent to select "African American" represents a "statement of pride" in his or her "roots".



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RE: "African American"? - 2/22/2010 12:41:50 PM   
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African-Dutch

South African?

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RE: "African American"? - 2/22/2010 1:20:56 PM   
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African-Dutch

South African?


Wouldn't that be "Dutch-African"?

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RE: "African American"? - 2/22/2010 1:22:14 PM   
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RE: "African American"? - 2/22/2010 1:22:25 PM   
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African-Dutch

South African?


Wouldn't that be "Dutch-African"?


He was making fun of the fact that the Dutch colonized South Africa


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RE: "African American"? - 2/22/2010 1:24:30 PM   
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Afrikaans..is close to dutch...old dutch.
When it is on tv..I can understand most of it.


The fiurst time I saw it..I wondered what all the dutch did there..why it was popular for holidays..lol.
Untill I heard the history on school ofcourse.
Just weird..so far away.

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RE: "African American"? - 2/22/2010 1:25:30 PM   
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African-Dutch

South African?

Wouldn't that be "Dutch-African"?

He was making fun of the fact that the Dutch colonized South Africa


I would explain but it would spoil the joke.

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RE: "African American"? - 2/22/2010 2:01:54 PM   
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Just weird..so far away.


Not that weird. There is an area in Patagonia that speaks Welsh.
Would love to go there one day to hear if it the same welsh as spoken in Wales

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RE: "African American"? - 2/22/2010 2:22:07 PM   
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RE: "African American"? - 2/22/2010 2:24:29 PM   
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Just weird..so far away.


Not that weird. There is an area in Patagonia that speaks Welsh.
Would love to go there one day to hear if it the same welsh as spoken in Wales




I want to go there and catch their trout!

Fuck their accents....:)

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RE: "African American"? - 2/22/2010 3:25:23 PM   
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I'm an Irish German Dutch French English American.  I think that's all of them.


I'm an Anglo-Saxon-Irish Hispanic (my great-grandmother was Spanish).

So why are you happy with the profile insisting that you come from the Caucasian hills in Africa? Isn't that as much of an issue as the whole African American thing?

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RE: "African American"? - 2/22/2010 3:26:19 PM   
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RE: "African American"? - 2/22/2010 3:41:57 PM   
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RE: "African American"? - 2/22/2010 3:47:35 PM   
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English-Irish-Russian and I think that's the lot.



That's nearly as exotic as me - I can't fucking stand the Caucasian bullshit either.

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RE: "African American"? - 2/22/2010 3:51:15 PM   
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This came up in another prior thread.

The timing to bring it  up again is not good- as some are very upset over the Compton Cookout.



Well yes PA, it was such a random and stupid post afterall and how dare you set up caring loving good liberal people by pointing that The Compton Cook-Out was run by a Jigaboo!

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