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Some blacks insist: 'I'm not African-American' (Breaking news?)
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Posted on 02/05/2012 7:49:11 AM PST by Libloather
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To: Libloather
Since the government decided to classify people as hyphenated Americans maybe they should revert to states as in New York-American or Oklahoma-American ... /s
The US is the only country in the world that classifies its citizens.
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posted on
02/05/2012 7:54:55 AM PST
by
SkyDancer
("Never Have Regrets Because At The Time It Was Exactly What You Wanted")
To: Libloather
Identity crisis! They went fron negro to black to egyptian to african American. HOW ABOUT AMERICAN FIRST AND FORMOST
To: SkyDancer
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posted on
02/05/2012 7:55:51 AM PST
by
NakedRampage
(Puttin' the "stud" in Bible study)
To: Libloather
Black is certainly better than the stupid term, "African American," but negro is better than black as it does not carry the negative connotations that the word black has; e.g., black heart, black plague, black death; etc.
This term African American is so stupid. Is a person of West Indian descent such as Colin Powell African American? I'm glad that some blacks are waking up to this.
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posted on
02/05/2012 7:56:54 AM PST
by
Stepan12
To: Libloather
Smith, whose parents are from Mississippi and North Carolina.
Why those places aren’t even in the Union.
Dang Confed-Americans./s
It’s time we considered ourselves just plain American,
and all spoke the same language.
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posted on
02/05/2012 7:59:11 AM PST
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: Libloather
African < American
is what is really mean
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posted on
02/05/2012 8:01:26 AM PST
by
ßuddaßudd
(7 days - 7 ways a Guero y Guay Lao << >> with a floating, shifting, ever changing persona)
To: NakedRampage
Don’t think so. In India their citizens are not hyphenated. It’s a cast system. It’s different altogether.
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posted on
02/05/2012 8:01:26 AM PST
by
SkyDancer
("Never Have Regrets Because At The Time It Was Exactly What You Wanted")
To: Libloather
My favorite African-American is Charlize Theron.
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posted on
02/05/2012 8:02:13 AM PST
by
gigster
(Cogito, Ergo, Ronaldus Magnus Conservatus)
To: Libloather
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posted on
02/05/2012 8:03:45 AM PST
by
GenXteacher
(He that hath no stomach for this fight, let him depart!)
To: Libloather
Now if we could also get rid of hyphenated marriages!
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posted on
02/05/2012 8:03:45 AM PST
by
Jack Hydrazine
(It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
To: Libloather
I have an “African-American” friend. He was born in South Africa, and emigrated to the US and became a citizen here. He is truly “African-American”. His skin color is white. What does this make him?
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posted on
02/05/2012 8:04:04 AM PST
by
norwaypinesavage
(Galileo: In science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of one individual)
To: Libloather
There are so many labels that could be applied to me, and labels that have been applied to the people from whom I descend in the past. I honestly don’t care, so long as it’s not intended as a slur.
Stop worrying about it, accept any categorization not meant to denigrate, and just be. That’s my suggestion.
To: Libloather
Black American, OK, how about saying white American, yellow American, brown American, and red American, Uhhhhhhh? Why not just, American, born in the USA?
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posted on
02/05/2012 8:05:21 AM PST
by
Bringbackthedraft
( WHO YOU ELECT IS NOT AS IMPORTANT AS WHO THEY APPOINT!)
To: Libloather
Some blacks insist: 'I'm not African-American'The socialists will be displeased. The brain washing isn't having the desired effect.
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posted on
02/05/2012 8:09:24 AM PST
by
Caipirabob
(I say we take off and Newt the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure...)
To: Bringbackthedraft
They can be American African or Negro, their choice. I guess they didn’t care for ‘Colored’ as an option?
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posted on
02/05/2012 8:12:14 AM PST
by
Beagle8U
(Free Republic -- One stop shopping ....... It's the Conservative Super WalMart for news .)
To: ronnie raygun
WHITES can be AFRICAN American too.
Anyway calling blacks African American seems to not know or understand that the continent has millions of white and suntanned people.
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posted on
02/05/2012 8:15:50 AM PST
by
manc
(FOX, DRUDGE, HAS BEEN DISGUSTING IN THEIR BIASED ATTACKS V NEWT. I HATE OUR BIASED LIBERAL MEDIA.)
To: ronnie raygun
HOW ABOUT AMERICAN FIRST AND FORMOST”
Roger that. If someone identifies them self as Mexican American I presume they are Mexican first therefore to me they are mexican. Same with Africans or any other hyphenated critters. A person identifys their loyalties by rank order so I should respect that
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posted on
02/05/2012 8:16:07 AM PST
by
Breto
(The Establishment party is killing our country)
To: Libloather
I’ll go with the Shawn Smith mentioned in the article... Why don’t we just leave it at “American”?
The only people still playing the race card are the ones with a vested interest in maintaining a divided nation. And, they don’t even bother trying to hide it these days.
Charlie Rangel
Sheila Jackson-Lee
Jesse Jackson
Al Sharpton
and on, and on, and on...
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posted on
02/05/2012 8:18:11 AM PST
by
PubliusMM
(RKBA; a matter of fact, not opinion. 01-20-2013: Change we can look forward to.)
To: Libloather
Oh I get to cite one of my universal laws.
Any minority eventually will reject any label once the label has been adopted by the majority.
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posted on
02/05/2012 8:18:15 AM PST
by
Williams
(Honey Badger Don't Care)
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