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merge (f)
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or compare the India Day Parade
don't take my opinion too personal
Let be adults discuss where I am wrong in a mature manner.
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eiete (f)
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 Please help us to help you. You are not making any sense.
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4 Him (m)
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or compare the India Day Parade
don't take my opinion too personal
Let be adults discuss where I am wrong in a mature manner.
Is it Americans who celebrate India day for the indians? What do YOU do to celebrate Oct 1 in your small town? |
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gabrywyl (f)
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My boyfriend told that theres no such thing as Black,White, Yellow or Brown so he wont know what people is talking about when it comes to a race.
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TOH (f)
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your boyfriend is a dork
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naija_diva (f)
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My boyfriend told that theres no such thing as Black,White, Yellow or Brown so he wont know what people is talking about when it comes to a race.
and i think he is right. race was invented by white people so that they can seperate and thus discriminate. before them, there was nothing like black, or nigeria. there was igbo, yoruba, hause, and more, not nigeria, ghana, liberia, etc. another example
The presentation of our culture is usually cheap and look like not that much time has been put into it.
When there is a cultural event?
Compare the Puerto Day Parade to the Nigerian Day Parade.
I have nothing against Blacks but this is my opinion.
okay so you want us to up the status of our parade, okay go and call the man in charge of the arrangements. i'm sure he'll work something out. first of all, not all cultures are the same. just because our may not be as flashy as other cultures doesn't mean nothing. puerto ricans are just proud for nothing except for the creation of reggaeton. nigerians show pride by actions while puerto ricans show pride by waving a flag. |
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lazy (m)
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and i think he is right. race was invented by white people so that they can seperate and thus discriminate. before them, there was nothing like black, or nigeria. there was igbo, yoruba, hause, and more, not nigeria, ghana, liberia, etc.
I agree with both of you but all social constructs (Nations, Nation-States, Races, Tribes, etc) are made by humans. Who determines what is right or wrong is based on whomever controls society and writes the history? Once something is, then it is already part of our existence. We can all say, and rightfully so, that there are no such thing a races of humans but it is a reality and a way to classify humans. Just like there is a country called the United States and it is man made. It didn't exist 300 years ago and people didn't classify them as such but it is a reality today. I feel that type of argument is only good for intellectual fodder. |
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naija_diva (f)
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I agree with both of you but all social constructs (Nations, Nation-States, Races, Tribes, etc) are made by humans. Who determines what is right or wrong is based on whomever controls society and writes the history? Once something is, then it is already part of our existence. We can all say, and rightfully so, that there are no such thing a races of humans but it is a reality and a way to classify humans. Just like there is a country called the United States and it is man made. It didn't exist 300 years ago and people didn't classify them as such but it is a reality today.
I feel that type of argument is only good for intellectual fodder.
i agree with you. as of today i am black and i am nigerian. but that never existed hundreds of years ago. nigeria wasn't named by nigerians especially seeing the fact that we weren't speaking the same language. but like you said once something is then it is apart of our existence. |
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lazy (m)
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i agree with you. as of today i am black and i am nigerian. but that never existed hundreds of years ago. nigeria wasn't named by nigerians especially seeing the fact that we weren't speaking the same language. but like you said once something is then it is apart of our existence.
Yeah, I basically accept all the standard classifications that people that come from the continent of Africa were called in the States because they became the reality. Black, African, Colored, Negro, African American, Afro-American, and many more!! LOL! My Grandmother is 94 this year and to this day when she ask me about a Black girl she will say this: "Who that colored girl ova dere?" All these name changes to me are for other people because they couldn't deal with Negro (which means just Black in Spanish), or African, or Colored, I could care less because I am all of them. |
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naija_diva (f)
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Yeah, I basically accept all the standard classifications that people that come from the continent of Africa were called in the States because they became the reality.
Black, African, Colored, Negro, African American, Afro-American, and many more!! LOL!
My Grandmother is 94 this year and to this day when she ask me about a Black girl she will say this: "Who that colored girl ova dere?"
All these name changes to me are for other people because they couldn't deal with Negro (which means just Black in Spanish), or African, or Colored, I could care less because I am all of them.
so true. |
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romeo (m)
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I have nothing against Blacks but this is my opinion.
I not against blacks but this is just my opinion.
If you like be against them sister!!  Come to Nigeria and see if blacks take their culture serious  |
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ibkaye (f)
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you still haven't proved anything  |
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