what do they call black people in different countries?
African-Canadians?
African-Brits?
Just kinda wondering
African-Canadians?
African-Brits?
Just kinda wondering
If black people are called African-Americans in the US
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Siddhartha
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What US citizens of African descent call themselves is more a result of the racism they faced living in the US and their need for positive self-identity. The need for positive identity maybe not be an issue for people living in Canada or the UK.
even tho most of them did not come as immigrants, US blacks follow our immigrant tradition of trying to identify and cling to one's ancestral roots.
immigration is far more central to our nation's identity than in most other countries. you've heard that we're the 'land of immigrants'. personal and
group identities will reflect that. there is also the influence of discrmination and social hatreds to consider.
immigration is far more central to our nation's identity than in most other countries. you've heard that we're the 'land of immigrants'. personal and
group identities will reflect that. there is also the influence of discrmination and social hatreds to consider.
I call them black or whatever nationality they are.
I call them black in the same way I call fat people fat, or thin people thin, or attractive people attractive, as a descriptive term.
I call them black in the same way I call fat people fat, or thin people thin, or attractive people attractive, as a descriptive term.
There's no centralized Black body that decides what label they want and most Blacks probably don't care anywhere near as much as we think.
It's guilty-conscienced Whites that have changed the preferred label with which they address blacks so many times....
Blacks do have a very strong identity.
But how much of the modern Black identity in America has anything to do with anything that's been passed down through the generations from Africa?
I've have black friends and co-workers, just call them black, they don't mind. Hell some of them prefer that to Africa-American even, I kid you not. Any word can have derogatory meaning depending on the tone of voice.
glenn beck
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How about this, what if you are a South-African white person, come to America become a citizen then what? Still African-American????
Having a tag to the American name, takes away the identity of what they are, Americans first
Having a tag to the American name, takes away the identity of what they are, Americans first
schneiderguy
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Jeff7
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I've seen Indians far blacker than some of the African-American blacks, and vice versa. They're all from regions near the equator, so they're all going to have dark skin. Just how dark depends on genetics and how close their ancestors stayed to the equator.
I think if the term "black" is used without malice, it should be just fine. For instance, I'm working with a black guy in my one engineering class. I use that term simply because, well, that's what he is, and it is a term of distinction. He's the only black guy in that particular class, too. Alternately, I could simply call him "Mike." But if other people don't know his name, that would be one way of narrowing it down so they'd know who I was talking about.
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