A MATTER OF FACT I FIND DAT S*** INSULTING....YES I KNOW AT 1 POINT 200+ YEARS AGO WE CAME FROM AFRICA AND I'M PROUD OF MY AFRICAN ROOTS BUT FOR DA LAST 200 YEARS MY ANCESTORS HAVE FOUGHT AND DIE TO FORM A NEW IDENTIDY AND ONCE WE GOT R INDEPENDENCE WE SHED DAT AFRICAN IDENTITY AND FORM A NEW 1. HAITIANS R DIFFERENT THEN JAMAICANS, JAMAICANS R DIFFERENT THEN GHANIANS, GHANIANS R DIFFERENT THEN CAPE VERDEANS, CAPE VERDEANS R DIFFERENT THEN TRINIDADIENS AND TRIDADADIENS R DIFFERENT THEN ETHIOPIANS AND ETHIOPIANS ARE DIFFERENT FROM "NATIVE" BLACK AMERICANS SO STOP GROUPING US IN ONE F****** CATAGORY....IF U CANT TELL DA DIFFERENCE JUST SAY "BLACK AMERICAN" DA ONLY DARK SKIN PEOPLE WHO MIGHT GET OFFENDED BY DAT R DARK SKIN LATIN'S BECAUSE THOSE PEOPLE HAVE AN IDENTITY CRISIS....I'M NOT GONNA SPAZZ OUT ON SOMEONE FOR CALLING ME DA CAUSE SOME TIMES I TOO SLIP UP AND REFER TO MYSELF AS "AFRICAN AMERICAN" BUT DA POLITICALLY CORRECT TERM IS "HAITIAN AMERICAN" IF U CANT TELL DA DIFFERENCE CALL ME BLACK.
NOBODY OWES ME ANYTHING MY FAMILY WORKS HARD FOR EVERYTHING THEY HAVE...THEY DONT GO LOOKING FOR HANDOUTS...IF U CONSIDER FINANCIAL AID FOR COLLEGE A HANDOUT THEN I'M GUILTY OF DAT LOL
Permalink Reply by IV on December 29, 2008 at 4:30pm
HERE IS A FAST LESSON FOR YOU AND ALL OF THE OTHER IGNORANT PEOPLE OUT THERE!
You my friend did not come from africa IF YOU YOURSELF were born in AMERICA and your family is from african past then you are a AMERICAN AFRICAN NOT AFRICAN AMERICAN! If you do not believe me then try knowing someone in africa before you open your ignorant mouth. ANYONE FROM AFIRCA will tell you that they HATE when AMERICAN africans call themselvs african americans because the ONLY WAY "NOW LISTEN CAREFULLY" THE ONLY WAY TO BE A AFRICAN AMERICAN IS TO BE BORN IN AFRICA AND THEN COME TO AMERICA THEN you are truly a african american. Stop jumping on the bandwagon especially considering that you are so fast to mention 200 years of slavery but cannot evaluate a simple term such as african american. BLACK people who are born in america are american africans and that is the correct title if you don't believe me read some more books on american african culture? You are where you were born not where your parents and or past family was born. Born in america? you are american "whatever" Born in Africa you are african "whatever" and just to let ya know one more tid bit of real information white people who you would call whitey or honkey or some other dumb ass slang term from africa born in africa are more african than ANY american african mainly becaus ethey were born there. It is easy to see that you have never been to a place you are so fast to stand behind! I myself have been to johan,nigeria, and lagos and I am american african not african american get your s*** straight!
He's actually making a lot of sense. Nobody says " American African" though. I have heard of Italians being called "Italian Americans" and they don't even have great grandparents who've seen Italy. My question is why argue against the "African American" label and not "N****"? Which do you think is more damaging to the psyche?
THANK U MY DUDE DATS ALL I WANTED TO SAY WE ALL HAVE AFRICAN ROOTS BUT OUR HISTORY AND CULTURE IS DIFFERENT FROM ONE ANOTHER...I DONT KNOW WHY PEOPLE ARE GETTING OFFENDED CAUSE I DID NOT INSULT ANYBODY
my heart goes out to her family n everybody in the world that listen to that icon music she was untouchable they will never be someone like her we will alwayz luv you whitney R.I.P