So , I was talkin to this girl

[moshquerade]

Originally posted by: deftron
She was trying to convince me she was European-American
wtf is that?


anyways. .. how come those of Asian decent just call themselves Asians
but those of African decent call themselves African-American?

this is something that bugs me. i don't go for the African-American thing. most of the time the person calling themselves that is so far removed from Africa that it's unreasonable to still note it.

because yes, then i should refer to myself as a German-American or a French-Canadian-American. :roll:

 

[Anubis]

Anyone that was born in the USA is an American, there is no prefix needed or required, we are all Americans, the only way anyone would be a African-American or Asian-American would be if them immigrated here

 

[noob in a box]

Originally posted by: JParker001
Becuase if there were called "Africans" people would assume that were poor, rather than on drugs.

(DON'T BAN ME!)

QF banning

 

[theNEOone]

Originally posted by: DocBartend

Originally posted by: deftron

Originally posted by: EyeMNathan
Why are you creating a bunch of nef threads? Can't you nef in existing threads?

i;m a tool not a follower

:thumbsup:


=|

 

[theNEOone]

 

[Al Neri]

Originally posted by: rh71

Originally posted by: matstars
if you live in the US and were born here... you are american, your ancestry may reside in another nation, but you are american.

First, most times people asking me what I am are from America. They're not asking where I'm born, but what I am, race-wise... they're asking my background. Employment papers do this as you may know. So I'd say Asian in those cases. Actually, the only time I would say I'm American is if someone from a foreign country is asking what nationality I am... and that has happened maybe once, ever.

I guess. But the point i'm trying to make is that we're all American's, speak American English, have American values... all this nonsense "African-America, Italian-American, Polish-American, Asian-American" is what creates racial boundaries in the first place.

 

[moshquerade]

Originally posted by: Anubis
Anyone that was born in the USA is an American, there is no prefix needed or required, we are all Americans, the only way anyone would be a African-American or Asian-American would be if them immigrated here

my thoughts exactly

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: AStar617
The only time I've actually called myself "African American" was on a loan application or standardized test.

Whatever, it beats "colored" or "negro" (or worse) any day.

What I don't get is why "colored" is unacceptable, but African-Americans refer to themselves as "people of color."

 

[moshquerade]

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: AStar617
The only time I've actually called myself "African American" was on a loan application or standardized test.

Whatever, it beats "colored" or "negro" (or worse) any day.

What I don't get is why "colored" is unacceptable, but African-Americans refer to themselves as "people of color."

for that matter we are all "colored". we're not transparent.

 

[BillGates]

Originally posted by: intogamer
>_< I'm ABC
AMERICAN BORN CHINESE

You're American. That's all.

 

[Toasthead]

Originally posted by: SilentZero
Cause the asians are spies for N. Korea and China and don't want to be stuck with the american label out of fear of internment.

hahahaha

 

[HumblePie]

You are only African-America, Asian-America, Euro-America if you are DUAL CITIZENSHIP.

Otherwise you are Black, White, Hispanic, or Asian in terms of ethnicity. Nationality and ethnicity are seperate things.