Nothing African about them

Discussion in 'Political Opinions & Beliefs' started by stan1990, Aug 24, 2020.

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Do you agree with the term "African American" to describe Americans based on their skin colour?

Poll closed Sep 23, 2020.
  1. Yes

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  1. stan1990

    stan1990 Active Member

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    You belong to the country were making a living. A place of Birth, a passport or the colour of skin won't identify the person. It is my opinion.
     
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    A difference exist between complaining and/or looting and burning property
     
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    TCassa89 Well-Known Member

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    The fact that these two remarks are within the same post is something else. It reminds me of the time that the flat earth society made a social media post about how they have thousands of members from “all around the globe”
     
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    Absolutely, yet it was you who suggested deporting US citizens to Africa for merely complaining.
     
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    YourBrainIsGod Well-Known Member

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    I generally agree, one thing I thoroughly dislike is how election analysis divides populations by race. A person’s skin pigment does not define their decisions as an individual. But this isn’t the reality, there are still a lot of people who use skin color to distinguish others, some even do this to themselves.

    Even so, I agree philosophically, however, how do we interpret the history of times when race was of utmost importance in defining where someone was in society. I don’t believe we should erase such history, and I don’t believe we are enlightened enough as a society to understand this and “get over it” simultaneously.
     
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    Skin color per se is a red herring (;^): people of South Indian and Australian aboriginal ancestry, for example, may also have dark to very dark skin. In this context, "African" refers to genetic ancestry in sub-Saharan Africa, not skin color. Unfortunately, because of cultural tradition, many Americans who identify (or are identified by others) as "African American" are in fact less than 50% sub-Saharan African by genetic ancestry. A substantial number are less than 10% sub-Saharan African by genetic ancestry.
     

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