Aren't "Americans" an ethnic group?
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by Estado Paulista » Sun Feb 16, 2014 8:49 am
by Utceforp » Sun Feb 16, 2014 8:49 am
Serocia wrote:Great Zavi wrote:Okay people of NationStates, here's a point I would like to bring up for discussion. Recently I've been thinking, why are African-Americans called such a name and not just Americans? What is the need for that prefix? (The people who were unwillingly brought through the slave trade, just to clarify) I read a different thread and it said once you've been in America after 3 generations the prefix of where ever you're from (Mexican-American, Chinese-American, etc) is no longer used and your just American. So why, are African- Americans still called such when they've been here for 400 years? And why are White people not called European-American, or German-American etc? Its just another way to separate them from the rest and makes it easier to outcast them. Do these people, after 400 years of separation and a lack of resources to re-connect to Africa, really have any connection to the continent ( which is in it self very culturally diverse) at all? What's your take on this, NSG?
***And why are North Africans considered white?****
I don't like the term "African-American" either. "African-American" makes it sounds like a person is less than American, like he's some foreigner. He's not "African-"American; he is American. You're right, we don't call whites "European-Americans."
If you need to describe the person's skin color, say "black" or "white" or "Mexican" or whatever."
by Utceforp » Sun Feb 16, 2014 8:51 am
by Chinese Regions » Sun Feb 16, 2014 8:52 am
by Chinese Regions » Sun Feb 16, 2014 8:54 am
by Ashmoria » Sun Feb 16, 2014 8:57 am
Chinese Regions wrote:Who here considers Charlize Theron to be African-American?
by Magna Libero » Sun Feb 16, 2014 8:58 am
New Connorstantinople wrote:I prefer the term United States-American, or Shaded, thank you very much.
by The Greater Ohio Valley » Sun Feb 16, 2014 8:58 am
by The USOT » Sun Feb 16, 2014 8:59 am
by AiliailiA » Sun Feb 16, 2014 9:00 am
Alvaria and Cagwenyn wrote:Black is better, we should just use the colour people look. White, Black, Brown, Red or Yellow.
Cannot think of a name wrote:"Where's my immortality?" will be the new "Where's my jetpack?"
Maineiacs wrote:"We're going to build a canal, and we're going to make Columbia pay for it!" -- Teddy Roosevelt
Ifreann wrote:That's not a Freudian slip. A Freudian slip is when you say one thing and mean your mother.
by Estado Paulista » Sun Feb 16, 2014 9:00 am
Chinese Regions wrote:Who here considers Charlize Theron to be African-American?
by Estado Paulista » Sun Feb 16, 2014 9:00 am
by Magna Libero » Sun Feb 16, 2014 9:01 am
Chinese Regions wrote:Who here considers Charlize Theron to be African-American?
by Leningrad Union » Sun Feb 16, 2014 9:02 am
Estado Paulista wrote:It's not a racist term. African-Americans are a subset of the Greater American ethnic group, like Italian-Americans, Irish-Americans, and etc.
by Leningrad Union » Sun Feb 16, 2014 9:02 am
by Leningrad Union » Sun Feb 16, 2014 9:02 am
by The USOT » Sun Feb 16, 2014 9:03 am
by Estado Paulista » Sun Feb 16, 2014 9:04 am
by Ashmoria » Sun Feb 16, 2014 9:05 am
Chinese Regions wrote:Who here considers Charlize Theron to be African-American?
by Leningrad Union » Sun Feb 16, 2014 9:06 am
by AiliailiA » Sun Feb 16, 2014 9:08 am
Cannot think of a name wrote:"Where's my immortality?" will be the new "Where's my jetpack?"
Maineiacs wrote:"We're going to build a canal, and we're going to make Columbia pay for it!" -- Teddy Roosevelt
Ifreann wrote:That's not a Freudian slip. A Freudian slip is when you say one thing and mean your mother.
by The Fascist American Empire » Sun Feb 16, 2014 9:11 am
You obviously do since you posted a response like the shifty little red velvet pseudo ant you are. Yes I am onto your little tricks you hissing pest you exoskeleton brier patch you. Now crawl back in to that patch of grass you call hell and hiss some more. -Benuty
by AiliailiA » Sun Feb 16, 2014 9:12 am
Ashmoria wrote:Chinese Regions wrote:Who here considers Charlize Theron to be African-American?
heres the thing about the term "African American"
most americans of African descent come from people who did not immigrate from Africa, they were imported. they were imported from countries that mostly don't still exist today. they were imported from unknown areas by people who were utterly uninterested in their family histories. they were brought to America and denied any use of their native language, religion, customs. they were not allowed to stay with other people of their own ethnicities but were sold piecemeal to whoever had the money to buy them. they weren't even allowed to stay with their own children and spouses.
their experience of assimilating into American culture is utterly different than that of someone who immigrated here, even those who were treated like crap when they got here. an irish immigrant might have had a hard time finding a job here but he could still pick where he wanted to live and get together with other family members and irish immigrants to work toward mutual improvement. they could keep their language, religion, customs, food, family connections. they could stay proudly irish with no one having the right to tell them that they had to forget all that.
Cannot think of a name wrote:"Where's my immortality?" will be the new "Where's my jetpack?"
Maineiacs wrote:"We're going to build a canal, and we're going to make Columbia pay for it!" -- Teddy Roosevelt
Ifreann wrote:That's not a Freudian slip. A Freudian slip is when you say one thing and mean your mother.
by Chinese Regions » Sun Feb 16, 2014 9:12 am
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