Should native born black Americans be called 'African American'?

[Leros]

Originally posted by: akshatp
Hmmm

your poll question says "Same question, but only black people answer"

Yet you had an option for "I'm not black" ... furthermore four people actually answered it...

I figured lazy people might just answer it to see the results. And I didn't want the poll to be screwed up, so I added the "not black" option.

 

[EagleKeeper]

Originally posted by: Leros

Originally posted by: Dear Summer
yes

people of asian descent born in America are referred to as Asian-Americans.

More specifically, chinese-americans, korean-americans, etc.

no difference

What happens when you start mixing races?

My daughters jokingly call themselves mutts.
They have the best of the Oriental and Caucasian features.

 

[akshatp]

Originally posted by: Leros

Originally posted by: akshatp
Hmmm

your poll question says "Same question, but only black people answer"

Yet you had an option for "I'm not black" ... furthermore four people actually answered it...

I figured lazy people might just answer it to see the results. And I didn't want the poll to be screwed up, so I added the "not black" option.

Good thinking.. Me being one of them! I was going to answer "no" and then i saw the option for "im not black" LOL

 

[akshatp]

Originally posted by: Common Courtesy

Originally posted by: Leros

Originally posted by: Dear Summer
yes

people of asian descent born in America are referred to as Asian-Americans.

More specifically, chinese-americans, korean-americans, etc.

no difference

What happens when you start mixing races?

My daughters jokingly call themselves mutts.
They have the best of the Oriental and Caucasian features.

Flat chest and freckles?

 

[KeithTalent]

Originally posted by: Spoooon
What do they call black people in Canada?

I think his name is Frank.

KT

 

[glenn beck]

Originally posted by: akshatp

Originally posted by: Common Courtesy

Originally posted by: Leros

Originally posted by: Dear Summer
yes

people of asian descent born in America are referred to as Asian-Americans.

More specifically, chinese-americans, korean-americans, etc.

no difference

What happens when you start mixing races?

My daughters jokingly call themselves mutts.
They have the best of the Oriental and Caucasian features.

Flat chest and freckles?

lol

 

[Leros]

Originally posted by: Common Courtesy

Originally posted by: Leros

Originally posted by: Dear Summer
yes

people of asian descent born in America are referred to as Asian-Americans.

More specifically, chinese-americans, korean-americans, etc.

no difference

What happens when you start mixing races?

My daughters jokingly call themselves mutts.
They have the best of the Oriental and Caucasian features.

Asian/White girls are the most attractive girls IMO.

 

[dbk]

I don't care either way

 

[Strk]

Originally posted by: Slick5150
I take more issue with people saying things like "I'm Irish!!" when they've never even been there.

Especially when a lot of people can't even point out most places on a map.

 

[ConstipatedVigilante]

Anyone who is born in America is an America. I have the curly hair of Jewish heritage from my dad's side, but I'm not a Hebrew-American.

 

[HardcoreRobot]

the sooner people stop associating themselves by their race the better

 

[dbk]

Originally posted by: ConstipatedVigilante
Anyone who is born in America is an America. I have the curly hair of Jewish heritage from my dad's side, but I'm not a Hebrew-American.

Jewish American

 

[MotionMan]

I am not sure if this is directly related, but the OP made me think of this:

I had a case where an American-born black woman claimed that her African-born black female supervisor racial discriminated against her.

As a Caucasian, the case made my head hurt.

MotionMan

 

[BassBomb]

Originally posted by: dbk

Originally posted by: ConstipatedVigilante
Anyone who is born in America is an America. I have the curly hair of Jewish heritage from my dad's side, but I'm not a Hebrew-American.

Jewish American

Jews aren't a race.

 

[Feldenak]

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
They should be called Americans.

 

[glenn beck]

Originally posted by: MotionMan
I am not sure if this is directly related, but the OP made me think of this:

I had a case where an American-born black woman claimed that her African-born black female supervisor racial discriminated against her.

As a Caucasian, the case made my head hurt.

MotionMan

that is actually quite normal, for some reason there is a distrust between black Americans
and native Africans, I have a large extended family that is black and I have seen it a million times
the feeling of that they don't trust them for some reason

 

[rasczak]

Originally posted by: akshatp

Originally posted by: Common Courtesy

Originally posted by: Leros

Originally posted by: Dear Summer
yes

people of asian descent born in America are referred to as Asian-Americans.

More specifically, chinese-americans, korean-americans, etc.

no difference

What happens when you start mixing races?

My daughters jokingly call themselves mutts.
They have the best of the Oriental and Caucasian features.

Flat chest and freckles?

lol you are bad.

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: ConstipatedVigilante
Anyone who is born in America is an America. I have the curly hair of Jewish heritage from my dad's side, but I'm not a Hebrew-American.

I am America!

 

[swbsam]

Why do white people care so much about what we call black people? I've always found it weird, how they often get all huffy about the term "african american" vs. "b;ack.".. I mean, who cares? Get over yourself.

 

[fstime]

Negros, then colored people, then afro americans, african americans, how about we just call them people.

 

[swbsam]

What's quite awesome is that my cousin's kids are mutts (half indian/half white). We were talking about Obama (they're 14 and 16) and it occurred to me - they don't realize that they're "minorities." They're not white, but they also don't have that indian-american stigma - they're just American!

It's the future, people. Races will be no more soon enough, but cultures will still exist and be very important, mostly because ethnic food rocks

 

[OCGuy]

Originally posted by: swbsam
Why do white people care so much about what we call black people? I've always found it weird, how they often get all huffy about the term "african american" vs. "back.".. I mean, who cares? Get over yourself.

.....

 

[yours truly]

if you caled a black person here in the uk, african english, you'd be taking a snooze on the pavement

 

[Muse]

I'm not voting in the poll. I have no idea what people "should" be called. I sense that people of African descent born in the US prefer to be referred to as African Americans, at least more than any other term that comes to mind, at least in the vicinity where I live (SF Bay Area). "Should" just doesn't seem like the right term. It's preference, and naturally preferences all have their context and contexts change.

And I agree that we should all realize that who we are is much bigger than our racial heritage, we are so much more than that, all of us.

 

[Muse]

Originally posted by: Leros

Originally posted by: mugs
I don't really care. I don't think most black people care either. I don't think many black people are offended by being called black.

I think we should bring back oriental too. Asian is too vague.

I use the term East Asian since Oriental is now a racist word.

I have no idea why Oriental came to be a "racist" word. The whole gamut of race involved language is a very sticky wicket. Like Alan Watts reflected, race is a rather thorny issue. You have to be careful in handling it or you will prick yourself. It's weird.