im not sure if there had been a post about this b4 since im fairly new, but how do u feel about people who have haitian, jamaican, belizean, dominican, or whatever ancestry who appear to look black but hate it when people refer to them as such?
is that such a bad thing?
personally im imparital because i understand both sides of the argument. this girl i knew looked straight black but she was really of mixed ancestry. so whenever someone referred to her as black she made a big hoopla about how she is belizean and nigerian and she is not black.
is it our fault that we cant tell your race by the way you look? should we start off random conversation nowadays by saying:
"hi my name is ominy and im black and native american. whats your name and what are you?"
is the issue of race really as taboo as it seems? what do u guys think?
yep!! from the Caddo Natives right... it comes from the word "teysha"..it means hello friend...i knew that information would come of use to me someday lolz..
i think it's hella fresh to rep where you from if you know it because their are millions that don't have that privilege BUT i also think that those who do not want to be limited to that category should be more patient.
Well, being a mixed child myself, I've had to deal with the whole "black/non-black" thing my whole life. My mom is Filipino and my dad is black. When I was younger people said that they could tell I was mixed, but now no one really guesses it unless I tell them. But I don't think it's that serious. I mean, true, you do want to represent every part of your heritage that you can because it is what makes you, but I don't think people call others "black" to be rude, they just be like.."Hmmmm, not white, not hispanic, not italian...some big lips.....yeah, he/she black...." lol, just foolin. But yeah, everyone says that if you have a lil teenie **** bitty piece of Black in you......you're Black. But its all good. I am what I am.......................A MuthaFu*#kin ****!!!!!!
Ms. Megan is hitting on all cylinders, today.
Ethnicity and Race have two different definitions. Race is about skin color and physical features, while ethnicity is about your cultural background.
Whether you are Brazillian, Belizean, Haitian, Jamican, Cuban or whatever, if you have BLACK features, then your race is black.
That is Hispanics how they have come to displace us as the largest ethnic minority, yet blacks are still the largest group among racial minorities.
Ms. Megan is hitting on all cylinders, today.
Ethnicity and Race have two different definitions. Race is about skin color and physical features, while ethnicity is about your cultural background.
I guess people have their own way of terming but people confuse the term "Black" with "African-American".
You can be African-American, Puerto Rican, Afro-Cuban, Jamaican, Haitian, etc, but you are still Black. Basically anyone of African ancestry.
African-American is a term for those Blacks who's ancestors came from Africa during the **** trade to America. Those of us Blacks who don't have any knowledge of where we came from. People forget all the time that Africa is a continent. I, like many African-Americans don't know what country our ancestors originated, so the term African-American was giving to us.
That's just how I see it.
exactly.....................
my family line doesn't seem to originate from africa no matter how far back we take it......................
we BLACK
just not AFRICAN-AMERICAN..................
and the tests prove that.........................
but yeah, ppl are confused.....................
