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morpheus24: I can accept the term "black' to reference an ethnicity in an American context

I can also accept the term "Black American" to reference an ethnicity within a nationality in relation to say an Igbo-Nigerian. However what I find suspicious in people who try to propagate this agenda is the conspicuous replacement of the this term for "African-American". Its like a Chinese-American or a Korean American running away from the designation "Asian American"

lets just call it what it is. Africa as a continent does not have much to offer "black" people in terms of furthering their struggle nor making a lasting imprint in world affairs and because of this they continue to distance themselves from this struggling continent in the guise of claiming mixed ancestry and all kinds of nonsensical arguements.


If you ask me I think Afro brazilians and Blacks in South America have more claim to that attitude since they are more integrated into their societies in all aspects more so than the "restricted" AA culture in America. At lest they still recognise their African origins more openly instead coming up with some mumbo jumbo designation to compensate for short comings.

morpheus24: Do your research again on AUTOSOMAL DNA. It is a complete test that tells you how much African ancestry you have, not just your Y-DNA or your MTDNA which only traces direct male or female image.

In other words if you are 88% African derived DNA, 10% Europe and 2% Native American, by virtue of majority you would cluster with West/central AFricans and your phenotypical expressions would cluster along those lines as well.

SHikena!

morpheus24: Do your research again on AUTOSOMAL DNA. It is a complete test that tells you how much African ancestry you have, not just your Y-DNA or your MTDNA which only traces direct male or female image.

In other words if you are 88% African derived DNA, 10% Europe and 2% Native American, by virtue of majority you would cluster with West/central AFricans and your phenotypical expressions would cluster along those lines as well.

SHikena!

morpheus24: 1.Thats your excuse, as if Asian Americans haven't been here for 100's of years. first generation horse Sh*$T!

2. "black" culture is an extension of a culture that already existed that has strong roots from the so called "mother" country.

#. you can hold on to your culture too, cause modern science can now pipoint where it originated from.



perhaps they very much are



You really can't see how nonsensical the above sounds.

In other words. African derived culture(brought fort by a mesh of West African cultures. and labeled as "black American" is the ethnicity. At the same time the ethnicity is a race and a nationality at the same time.

Go take a DNA test and find out what your original ethnicity is not your made up one. Your origins did not start from a slave ship.

sambos994: Yep, I wanna have an over-sized forehead and be as skinny as an skeleton. Oh, and I forgot the buck teeth.

morpheus24: ^^^

Funny how others just like you in the US readily accept the term Asian- American and have no problem with it

Wonder why they don't call themsleves Yellow Americans

I see Black in America has become an "ethnicity"

Jolly good then. I hereby declare myself "not black" based on this definition seeing that I was not born in America nor do I share any orginal language or culture as the "black" ethnic group in America.

morpheus24: You guys can't have it both ways when you feel like it. You are "black" in an American context and of African heritage in terms of other aspects of your bio-geographical,cultural and social adaptations.

If you lived in Africa, you would not hear the term "black" used very often so what are we supposed to call you then?