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- rocco888, on 05/12/2009, -1/+276Africa is a continent not a race
- inactive, on 05/11/2009, -8/+270Interesting that tolerance and diversity are as one sided as they are.
- inactive, on 05/11/2009, -8/+235This isn't the first time something like this has happened. In 2004, a white student from South Africa was suspended by his Nebraska high school for referring to himself as an "African-American."
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTI ... - maccoup, on 05/11/2009, -2/+198This seems like the poor man was victimised and racially abused by the university.
- rawnzilla, on 05/12/2009, -3/+158Italian-American = Someone from Italy who is now an American.
Asian-American = Someone from Asia who is now an American.
Vulcan-American = Someone from Vulcan who is now an American
African-American = Someone from Africa who is now an American. - PlanckTime, on 05/12/2009, -6/+110Racism is alive and well. The only way to stop racism is to stop focusing on race.
- inactive, on 05/12/2009, -11/+113"He said some classmates and staff members at New Jersey Medical School found it offensive that a Caucasian man would call himself "African-American" and that the fallout led to harassment and eventually his suspension from the school."
"Some classmates and staff members." Guess their race/racial agenda wasn't important enough for Philly.com to mention.... - medallions, on 05/12/2009, -1/+100I am a white male born in New York... My mother's family is from South Africa.. On all my college applications I checked the "African American" box.
I was sneered at when I went to an interview. They were clearly looking for a "black" male with my grades..
When asked to define "African-American", they told me it should be a person of color with African heritage. But Africa is a continent, not a country was my reply..
So, I went to Rutgers.. - TheCamino, on 05/12/2009, -3/+93 The story says he was suspended 'for conduct unbecoming' a student.
More like conduct unbecoming of a school.
Geez, getting suspended from a school where people are allowed to hang banners to slur someone else, and nothing is done? That's no school that I would want to attend. - 10ofDiamonds, on 05/12/2009, -0/+84If you are from North Africa(Algeria, Morrocco, Libya Egypt), you're also probably a white African. And I dont just mean a caucasian born in Africa; these are caucasians indegenous to Africa. I had a cousin from Morocco who always claims African-American on any form when he can, just to mock the semantics of the term. We need to get ove this race issue. No one race has a monopoly over any continent.
- thefredsociety, on 05/12/2009, -1/+84In essence, he's more African-American than most African-Americans.
- lnxfi, on 05/12/2009, -3/+79I get really mad that I can't enter "European American with a splash of Jew" when I fill out forms.
- inactive, on 05/12/2009, -3/+73Well he was born in Africa and grew up with an African culture which is more than you can say for most African Americans... being African doesn't mean you are black.. because not only black people have lived in Africa for millenia but white people, Jewish people, Arabic, Egyptian people as have all lived in Africa since the get go.. so go read a history book MR ignorant.
- RyanBlueThunder, on 05/12/2009, -1/+68PRO-TIP: Don't ever call a black person whose ancestors are from the Caribbean an "African-American."
- york2600, on 05/12/2009, -2/+62My quite white friend whose parents moved to the US from South Africa always likes to check the African American boxes on all his tests and applications. It's a joke, but at the same time the guy is African. He's spent more time in Africa visiting relatives than 99% of the people in the US that check that same box.
- darkened, on 05/12/2009, -4/+61If you were smart you would have put African American since they discriminate against white.
- had3l, on 05/12/2009, -0/+57I would totally have done the same thing, except I don't understand the "Africa is a continent, not a country" statement, shouldn't it be "Africa is a continent, not a race"?
- greevar, on 05/12/2009, -4/+57Why should it matter? Bigots are bigots no matter their race.
- Chooxo, on 05/12/2009, -0/+50Thank goodness we don't have silly race terms like African-British over here.
- whipnet, on 05/12/2009, -0/+47This is why I am never white or caucasian on any form. Too much discrimination. I check minority and then write in that I am a Scot-Irish American. I am offended if you call me white.
* - amoirae, on 05/12/2009, -0/+46I want to check Honky Mutt. Sometimes I write that in or: Great White Oppressor.
- paranoiabacon, on 05/12/2009, -0/+45As a white, half-egyptian teenage male I hate the lack of distinction between skin color and ethnicity. Yes, I have African and Middle East heritage, and yes I'm white.
For the record, I put white on all of my college apps. - priegog, on 05/12/2009, -0/+44Precisely, but that's why I think the term "african-american" is just plain stupid to begin with.
But the level of nonsense that this issue brought over someone referring to himself as an african-american baffles the mind. I fear for future generations that will be raised in this climate of politica correctness. - calcm, on 05/12/2009, -0/+42Charlize Theron is a Caucasian African American:
http://snltranscripts.jt.org/00/00dmono.phtml - gan911, on 05/12/2009, -0/+42who's bright idea is it to call black americans african americans? thought it is also interesting that my friends, who are black, from Trinidad and the Caribbean and my nigerian buddies refuse to be called african american. They say that there is nothing african about the black american culture and that they are ashamed of what they represent. Why can't we just change it to black american from now on? or come up with some other kind of euphemism?
- allisonaxe, on 05/12/2009, -1/+42you're Greek?
- jsmith39, on 05/12/2009, -1/+42I'd argue that a person of any color who was born in Africa and then became an American has a more valid claim of being an African American than any black person born in America does. Black Americans are originally from Africa, as are every other race of people in America (and everywhere else on the planet), but this kid is actually African and American.
- 0biKwiet, on 05/12/2009, -2/+42http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=yo ...
- Maddoktor2, on 05/12/2009, -5/+44I'm a male lesbian...
- inactive, on 05/12/2009, -0/+39How many generations do you have to live in America before you are an American? If you are in Italy and tell someone "I am Italian-American" they will say "were you born in Italy? No? Then you are an American".
- Perdido, on 05/12/2009, -0/+38I was born in Brazil, and my father is from Algeria.
We are both white, green eyed, freckled dudes.
So, I am also an african america. My roots are from the continent of Africa. I was born in the continent of America. hence, african-american.
When did we start equating that to black? - Maddoktor2, on 05/12/2009, -1/+38How about just "American"?
- GiggleStick, on 05/12/2009, -2/+37I painted my Camaro African-American. It's awesome!
- inactive, on 05/12/2009, -11/+46"Cultural diversity" is a euphemism for hating whitie.
- gwaggy12, on 05/12/2009, -0/+34You should look it up. It's a tiny island near Indonesia.
It's really tough to find, so you have to look close. - AYork, on 05/12/2009, -0/+34That must have been one hell of a transfusion.
- enicholas, on 05/12/2009, -2/+35@crazy0 Black people born in America aren't part of the African culture either.
Let's face it, when you say "African American" you either mean "a person of African descent" -- in which case white South Africans can certainly claim it -- or you mean "black". And if you mean "black", why the hell don't you just SAY it?
The whole "African American" term started because black people didn't want to place so much emphasis on their skin color. Fine and dandy. But if you are only allowed to claim being African American if you have dark skin... then IT'S JUST A WAY OF SAYING "BLACK" WITHOUT USING THE WORD. - SpiderTeets, on 05/12/2009, -0/+32@JCEEZ
not true. BLACK means black, african american is a retarded term that only serves to add to segregation.
ANYONE from africa living in america is and can be refered to as an AFRICAN-AMERICAN.
just like anyone from Ireland can be refered to as an Irish-American. - shauncorleone, on 05/12/2009, -2/+34A splash of Jew makes anything taste a little richer.
- inactive, on 05/12/2009, -0/+32crazy0, speaking as a white man with the audacity to have been born in Africa to parents, grandparents, and great-grandparents with the similar gall to have been born on this continent and embrace its cultures, I must say that your assertion is somewhat logically incongruous.
Having a heritage that would, eventually, trace back to Ireland, am I to refer to myself as Irish? Going back even further on the ancestral trail, this would - according to your line of reasoning - be something I have no right to do, seeing as Ireland was settled by, variously, the Celts, Gaels, Vikings, Spanish and British. Perhaps, then, it's more appropriate for me to refer to myself as a Viking. However, going back a bit further it is eventually revealed that ancient tribes of those settlers migrated from the African continent, which brings me back to an African heritage that, according to you, I have no right to claim.
What this long-winded yarn comes down to is that referring to myself as an African is unambiguously accurate, and accurate for me in the present, not for my ancestors' ancestors hundreds of years ago. Your system, on the other hand, is something that is based on fallacious and emotive logic, and arbitrary boundaries which can be carried into the territory of absurdity. - inactive, on 05/12/2009, -0/+32Next time you should threaten to file a lawsuit and then you won't need the job.
- GiggleStick, on 05/12/2009, -0/+31You realize that everyone is from Africa if you go far enough back.
- blackinthmiddle, on 05/12/2009, -1/+31All this does is show the ignorance of people.
I remember about 11 years ago having to do some training for my job in Illinois and employees from all of the different office around the world would come to this training facility all the time. So I run into a guy who was Chinese and asked him where in China was he from and he promptly informed me that he was from Brazil! Another good one is when we closed on our house, ten years ago. A man named Patrick Browne was representing the sellers and had a thick Jamaican accent. I was surprised the day of the closing when I saw a white man sitting in front of me. Oh yeah, I guess you can be white and Jamaican!
You have Chinese Jamaicans with dreadlocks and all. You have white people from Trinidad, with the thick accent. You have Nigerians born in England that are just as British as any white citizen.
The problem is that people mix race with nationality and ethnicity. Your race never changes, obviously. My brother-in-law and I had this discussion. My parents are from Panama, so I tell him that I'm black and Hispanic. He insists that they're exclusive, which is silly. It's similar to when I hear people say, "The most beautiful women in the world come from Brazil", which is like saying the most beautiful women in the world come from North America. Brazil has so many races, that you're not really saying anything meaningful by saying that. Gisele, while Brazilian, obviously has German descent, for example.
Anyone who has done any traveling realizes the silliness in all of this. People have preconceived notions regarding what someone is supposed to be and when they don't fit that model, they freak out. - SpiderTeets, on 05/12/2009, -2/+32you're missing out on a lot of free aid! It's legal when the discrimination is against the white man.
- whipnet, on 05/12/2009, -4/+34I love it when the double standards in this country go awry...
* - BertaButter, on 05/11/2009, -8/+38Eternal victims in our pockets
- Hetman, on 05/12/2009, -1/+31I know a white african american. His parents are European and he was born in south africa. He is more african than 99% of the people I meet. He can actually speak one african language. I have no idea which one, but he identifies culturally with africa just as much as Europe. Actually he is not really american right now, he is still applying for citizenship, but eventually he will be one if everything works out fine.
- cawpin, on 05/12/2009, -0/+28"When did we start equating that to black?"
As is the answer to a lot of questions today, unfortunately, when stupid people got to be in charge. - JayTee44, on 05/12/2009, -3/+31so you're a victim! Are you ok?
- endustry, on 05/12/2009, -5/+32You got a problem with multiCULTuralism?
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