"idk i've said it time and time again but i dont like being called AA...is a black person that speaks english from France or Russia AA? no. What about Trinidad or Colombia? no. So the blanket term makes no sense."
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Being Black or Being African American? What is the difference?
Started this discussion. Last reply by Fashionfreak Nov 22, 2011. 54 Replies 1 Like
Being an African specifically Somali I am always wondering what to call myself and what these labels mean.Continue
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Fashionfreak replied to Khadija-Khamar Hassan's discussion Being Black or Being African American? What is the difference?
AfroCuban replied to Khadija-Khamar Hassan's discussion Being Black or Being African American? What is the difference?"Cool. Thanks.
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AfroCuban replied to Khadija-Khamar Hassan's discussion Being Black or Being African American? What is the difference?"@UniqueFetish, as I said above, it's my opinion that it depends on the context or topic, "black" in common, but individually, we may look similar from our ancestry, but we can be very different culturally. And, as I agreed…"
AfroCuban replied to Khadija-Khamar Hassan's discussion Being Black or Being African American? What is the difference?"What I meant to say was, "I agree 100%".
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AfroCuban replied to Khadija-Khamar Hassan's discussion Being Black or Being African American? What is the difference?"Absolutely. It's a HUGE thing to have in common. Therefore, why aren't we, with all our own diversity, TIGHT? I still don't know why we haven't united and STAYED UNITED. We all suffer the same crap. …"
kifaru replied to Khadija-Khamar Hassan's discussion Being Black or Being African American? What is the difference?"I'm around African immigrants all the time. From all ends of the continent and at all education levels. While there is no monolithic view point it seems like to me that those who do not want to be grouped with American blacks as…"
AfroCuban replied to Khadija-Khamar Hassan's discussion Being Black or Being African American? What is the difference?"I probably didn't grasp what you meant when you said "culturally a bit closer". I replied thinking of values primarily. But it all depends on who you talk to, the sub-culture of the person, that's what makes the…"
AfroCuban replied to Khadija-Khamar Hassan's discussion Being Black or Being African American? What is the difference?"I don't see Americans close to Caribbean people much at all. Americans may use some of the African musical basis, but culturally I've only heard Americans reject Cuban culture and try to make seem as though it's the same for…"
AfroCuban replied to Khadija-Khamar Hassan's discussion Being Black or Being African American? What is the difference?"You're African Khadija. You don't have the same self-identification concerns as Americans. You're Black when it pertains to people that are brown-skinned I'd say. But culturally, I'd say you're…"
Yank replied to Khadija-Khamar Hassan's discussion Being Black or Being African American? What is the difference?"Why is it foolish? West Africa hundreds of years ago aside, what about all the history and migrations Black families experienced here, from the deep south north and west?
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Phactz replied to Khadija-Khamar Hassan's discussion Being Black or Being African American? What is the difference?"Yep, it's really disgusting.
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Sydney M H replied to Khadija-Khamar Hassan's discussion Being Black or Being African American? What is the difference?"I've always thought on a purely sociological level that African American is a specific ethnic group that exists based on culture, while black is a racial group that exists only a basis of societal categorization by phenotype only. So one could…"
Sekou replied to Khadija-Khamar Hassan's discussion Being Black or Being African American? What is the difference?"SIDE NOTE:
Black Americans are the only culture/creed of people Ive seen on planet Earth whom distance themselves from their ancestry.
Ive have never seen Vietnamese-American, Pakistani-American, Chinese American, Italian…"
Khadija-Khamar Hassan left a comment for Brown Kitsune"I really love that as soon as some enters your corner of Afro-punk that a song from Samurai Champloo plays. From that alone, I dub thee awesome.
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- Khadija
- About Me
- I refuse to compromise my values nor beliefs to appease anyone. Dance and poetry are my mediums. Music and cookies bring me joy.
- You can be my friend if...
- you want to be.
- Favorite movies:
- Easy A, Kill Your Idols, White Chicks,
- Favorite books:
- So Yesterday, Ender's Game
- Favorite TV shows:
- Arrested Developement, Criminal Minds, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Trigun, death note, dbz, Black Butler
- Relationship status:
- Single
- Orientation:
- No answer
- Zodiac Sign
- Aries
- Kids?:
- no
- Smoke/Drink?
- no/ no
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- At 9:12am on October 31, 2011,
Brown Kitsune said… - I thanketh thee, dear lady! ^.^
- At 5:13pm on June 12, 2011, kifaru said…
- As-Salaam Alaikum wa Galab wanagsan! This is your official welcome from the AP Islamic welcoming committee.
- At 4:47pm on June 12, 2011, AfroCuban said…
- RE: Favorite tv shows, Buffy the Vampire Slayer - then you must like Angel, Firefly, True Calling, and Doll House too. Or maybe Buffy Season 8.
- At 4:45pm on June 12, 2011, AfroCuban said…
- Well, I hope you like it. :)
- At 4:27pm on June 12, 2011, AfroCuban said…
- Welcome to AP
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