Zone1 Why Do We Still Call Black People African Americans?

[Road Runner]

B. Tatum's got a point. How many black people in America are from Africa because any more, it seems like most of them are born here.

 

[1srelluc]

I'm still pissed they appropriated the name that white people invented for blacks.

 

[Concerned American]

B. Tatum's got a point. How many black people in America are from Africa because any more, it seems like most of them are born here.

Good point. As far as I am concerned, there are only Americans. You either are one or you're not. This hyphenated BS needs to stop. No other country has such a phenomenon. Ever hear of Spanish-Germans or French-Italians or Chinese-Egyptians? As for native Americans--any person born in America is a native American.

 

[Road Runner]

I'm still pissed they appropriated the name that white people invented for blacks.

Huh?

Good point. As far as I am concerned, there are only Americans. You either are one or you're not. This hyphenated BS needs to stop. No other country has such a phenomenon. Ever hear of Spanish-Germans or French-Italians or Chinese-Egyptians? As for native Americans--any person born in America is a native American.

Exactly!

 

[IM2]

Tatum doesn't have a point. Why do you not have a problem with Irish Americanns, Italian Americans, German Americans etc, but always have to run your mouths about blacks?

 

[hjmick]

Honestly, how often does anyone think of anyone else as a _________-American? Not once on any given day does the thought of another person's family's country of origin cross my mind. Nobody I know introduces themselves by tacking on the roots of their family tree. I can't say that I've ever been all that curious... unless maybe the had a accent, then I want to learn...

 

[BackAgain]

We call black people here, “African Americans,” mainly because damn few of them originally came from Finland.

 

[NewsVine_Mariyam]

B. Tatum's got a point. How many black people in America are from Africa because any more, it seems like most of them are born here.

Because it's less than a mouthful to say African American than to say "people of African descent".

 

[Concerned American]

Because it's less than a mouthful to say African American than to say "people of African descent".

You're an American or you're not. If you have any allegiance to any other country then you are not an American.

 

[1srelluc]

Tatum doesn't have a point. Why do you not have a problem with Irish Americans, Italian Americans, German Americans etc, but always have to run your mouths about blacks?

Well the historical record shows that we had to work towards it.

 

[Unkotare]

If nobody cares, why are those DNA-Ancestry things so popular?

 

[Unkotare]

The term "African American" reflects the fact that those brought here as slaves from Africa were separated from family and lost knowledge of family origin, heritage language, religion, etc.

 

[talksalot]

Good point. As far as I am concerned, there are only Americans. You either are one or you're not. This hyphenated BS needs to stop. No other country has such a phenomenon. Ever hear of Spanish-Germans or French-Italians or Chinese-Egyptians? As for native Americans--any person born in America is a native American.

They're no more African than I'm Irish.

 

[Hector12]

I call them Negroes or blacks.

 

[Lumpy 1]

The other kittens all hated me because I was black & white ..

So I guilt tripped them and got fat..
.

 

[Unkotare]

The other kittens all hated me because I was black & white ..

...
.

And red all over?

 

[jotathought]

Elon Musk is the richest African American

 

[Unkotare]

There is of course a difference between ethnicity, heritage, and citizenship. Not all that complicated.

 

[BackAgain]

The term "African American" reflects the fact that those brought here as slaves from Africa were separated from family and lost knowledge of family origin, heritage language, religion, etc.

And the term “Irish American” reflects the fact that the Irish who were brought here as slaves from Ireland were separated from family origin etc.

 

[Unkotare]

And the term “Irish American” reflects the fact that the Irish who were brought here as slaves from Ireland were separated from family origin etc.

Indentured servants, and not so much.