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| What Do You Think Of African American Hair? | | I have been thinking about the Chris Rock movie: Good Hair, and as an African American women I think my hair is beautiful but once and a while I like to make it a little more manageable. I think people should have their hair however they want to have it want it. If they like it the way it is than they don't need to do anything with it. How about you? What's your opinion on African American hair? | |
| | do you enjoy african-american literature? | | I am currently reading Toni Morrison's Song of Solomon.She's a nobel laureate, and the book is based in the US. It traces the story of a boy called Macon Dead, whose grandfather (a free man, in the early days after the civil war) was shot by whites because they wanted to take his farm.There is so much literature about african americans in the early days after the civil war. I think it's quite interesting, and a whole new world from my culture and my geography.Do you enjoy african-american literature? Or is there a specific genre of literature that you prefer? | |
| | African-American??? | | So, I was watching this movie today, and the cops in the movie find a dead guy in a car who had been shot to death.
The man also happened to be black.
When the one cop called it in, he said,
"male.........African-American......5'10".......etc."I also notice this on the news. Let's say a black person commits a crime or a black person is missing........they always list them as African-American under the description.Why is it be assumed that just because they're black they must be African-American???How do we know they're not Jamaican-Brazilian???Or French-Somalian???Or Cuban-Antarctican???And if they're a U.S. citizen, shouldn't they just be American.....maybe black American........but American all the same.I mean we don't call a white man Irish-American or English-American or Scandinavian-American, so why is it we classify a black person as African-American???I know there's such a thing as dual citizenship but I highly doubt the vast majority of black people in this country are also citizens of Africa.Maybe I should have posted this under "Things That Make You Go Hmmmmmmm"How do you like your coffee??? | |
| | African-American??? | | So, I was watching this movie today, and the cops in the movie find a dead guy in a car who had been shot to death.
The man also happened to be black.
When the one cop called it in, he said,
"male.........African-American......5'10".......etc."I also notice this on the news. Let's say a black person commits a crime or a black person is missing........they always list them as African-American under the description.Why is it be assumed that just because they're black they must be African-American???How do we know they're not Jamaican-Brazilian???Or French-Somalian???Or Cuban-Antarctican???And if they're a U.S. citizen, shouldn't they just be American.....maybe black American........but American all the same.I mean we don't call a white man Irish-American or English-American or Scandinavian-American, so why is it we classify a black person as African-American??? I know there's such a thing as dual citizenship but I highly doubt the vast majority of black people in this country are also citizens of Africa.Maybe I should have... | |
| | | Favourite African American Film Star | | Yes, it the 50-70s, it was definitely Sidney Poitier for me. From Lilies in the Field to To Sir with Love and in the Heat of the Night. Denzel Washington was super in Man on Fire and Samuel Jackson was hilariously funny in The Long Kiss Goodnight and in Pulp Fiction blabbering scriptures before he kills. And what about his role in the Cleaner? Wonderful is he not? Who is you favourite? | |
| | How is more polite?Should I Say "Black" or "African American"? | | This is a real problem, when we talk about somebody who are black as color of skin.If we want be polite, and don t want offence, how we must say when we talk about somebody who have black skin?All people are same, have same rights, but when we must talk about somebody like this how is corect to use this words?[em]happy[/em] | |
| | White dental student suspended after calling himself African American | | Yeah - that's right. And, it's a school in New Jersey, too. Not only that, but the kid was[b]BORN[/b] in Africa (definitely part of what makes one African, don't you think?) and is a US citizen (something that legally qualifies him to be an American, do you not agree?)Well, it seems some of his fellow students and not a few of the college staff and faculty told him he could not identify himself this way. People put up posters around campus making fun of him, he was verbally harassed, assaulted and his car vandalized. Yet, HE was suspended for "conduct unbecoming a student"!?!!?! WTF????http://www.philly.com/philly/wires/ap/news/state/new_jersey/44721602.html?cmpid=15585797I know that racial identities are sensitive to many, but like it or not, Africa is not all Black, even if they are the majority. So, why does being African American[b]HAVE[/b] to mean Black? Even Jamaicans don't want to be so identified. They will say they are Jamaican, not African American, because of where they were born - not where their ancestors came from. So, why is it so wrong for a White kid to so identify. Shouldn't he be proud to be from Africa even as he is proud to be an American... | |
| | What do you think of the name African American? | | Hello mylotters?I'm just curious about the name of African Americans and I want to know if you all think of this name as having a positive or negative connotation? Also I think that everyone should have a choice in whether they choose to be called an African American or not? I"m curious because I don't understand why white people aren't being called White Americans, most are simply called Americans. Why shouldn't the people of African descent be allowed to simply be called Americans as well? What are ur thoughts? | |
| | Gay Marraige, African American President, and death and ying | | Do you talk to your kids about politics or controversial issues? What age do you start if you do? Do you bring them up or wait for something in your environment,TV, seeing people, movies, books etc to spark discussions? In my house the main rule is going to be Respect, yourself, others and your environment. Do you answer all questions or just say, don't do that, I believe in that, or that's wrong, or never do that etc.?If you're part of a minority in your country- like my husband is Asian and my son half Asian, will you tackle some issues in a simple way before school starts? | |
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