So I Have A Question About Black People

[JDub02]

Originally posted by: icejunkie

Originally posted by: Demon-Xanth
Four students were suspended after a campaign to vote a white South African foriegn exhange student as "Distinguished African American Student Award".
http://www.cnn.com/2004/EDUCATION/01/22/king.controversy.ap/

wow, just goes to show how smart the people running that award are.. in that case it needs to be changed to "Distinguished Black Student Award."

yah, but then that brings out their true racist motives.

 

[Modeps]

They're black. I'm white, we're Americans.

 

[MechJinx]

Originally posted by: Demon-Xanth
Four students were suspended after a campaign to vote a white South African foriegn exhange student as "Distinguished African American Student Award".
http://www.cnn.com/2004/EDUCATION/01/22/king.controversy.ap/

PC at its best in America!

 

[broon]

Originally posted by: SampSon
Are you really from missouri? If so that would explain the idiocy of your post.

Actually I was born in Kansas. I currently reside in Missouri but spend the majority of my waking hours in Kansas. You could say I'm a Kansas-Missourian American.

 

[necine]

I'm black. I prefer black.

 

[olds]

Originally posted by: broon

Originally posted by: Mwilding

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat

Originally posted by: broon

Originally posted by: TheSiege
In the US it is PC to call them African-Americans
what about in england are the African-English
and so on and so forth for other countries

No. They're African-American everywhere unless they actually live in Africa.

So, a black man is born in England and he is an African-American?

No, Jamaican

I'm glad someone around here has a sense of humor today. Sorry if I'm using this thread to amuse myself.

No problem. Just clean up after yourself.

 

[Conky]

Why do they call them "black" when most of them are brown?

:beer:

P.S. Same thing for "white" people. It's all terribly confusing.

 

[nakedfrog]

Dammit, didn't you people listen to Michael Jackson? It doesn't matter if you're black or white.

 

[broon]

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
No problem. Just clean up after yourself.

C'mon. You cleaned up after me the other day.

 

[91TTZ]

Originally posted by: Demon-Xanth
Four students were suspended after a campaign to vote a white South African foriegn exhange student as "Distinguished African American Student Award".
http://www.cnn.com/2004/EDUCATION/01/22/king.controversy.ap/

It's funny how the school is so strict about the award going to a black person, yet they are too PC to use the word "black". So they call it "African American", and criticize those who suggested that a REAL African get the award.

This country is getting owned by PC loonies.

 

[olds]

Originally posted by: broon

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
No problem. Just clean up after yourself.

C'mon. You cleaned up after me the other day.

You left too much behind as I was rubbing your nose in it.

 

[mwtgg]

Originally posted by: Modeps
They're black. I'm white, we're Americans.

We got a winner.

/thread

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: Demon-Xanth
Four students were suspended after a campaign to vote a white South African foriegn exhange student as "Distinguished African American Student Award".
http://www.cnn.com/2004/EDUCATION/01/22/king.controversy.ap/

Huh, I live in Omaha and somehow missed that.

 

[Gurck]

Originally posted by: broon

Originally posted by: SampSon
Are you really from missouri? If so that would explain the idiocy of your post.

Actually I was born in Kansas. I currently reside in Missouri but spend the majority of my waking hours in Kansas. You could say I'm a Kansas-Missourian American.

You're offending my Italian-NewYorkian-American-BrownHairian sensibilities :|

But yeah, the ones pushing "African-American" are for the most part whites with a misplaced sense of guilt.

 

[Miramonti]

Originally posted by: broon

Originally posted by: TheSiege
In the US it is PC to call them African-Americans
what about in england are the African-English
and so on and so forth for other countries

No. They're African-American everywhere unless they actually live in Africa.

Something about this conclusion just doesn't add up.

 

[Codewiz]

Originally posted by: 91TTZ

Originally posted by: Demon-Xanth
Four students were suspended after a campaign to vote a white South African foriegn exhange student as "Distinguished African American Student Award".
http://www.cnn.com/2004/EDUCATION/01/22/king.controversy.ap/

It's funny how the school is so strict about the award going to a black person, yet they are too PC to use the word "black". So they call it "African American", and criticize those who suggested that a REAL African get the award.

This country is getting owned by PC loonies.

Yep the only real African-American I have ever met was in high school and he was a white south african kid.

 

[FoBoT]

my 12 year old daughter has been getting the idea from somebody/somewhere (TV? school? kids/teachers?) that "black" is somehow derogatory and that African-American is a "better" term

i don't think she is getting that idea from black people though, it is kinda freaking me out

 

[batmang]

Originally posted by: Pepsei
it is the worst label ever. a white guy here from south africa is more of an african american than a black here who's never been to africa.

i totally agree.

 

[MikeMike]

never had a black dude i knew want to be called anything but black.

and theres 6 of them on my hall, and i knew about 10 of them in highschool.

roomie once decided to say "man, they talk to you like your one of the brothers". that was funny

and my next year roomie is black.

MIKE