apollo
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Post by apollo on Nov 17, 2005 5:14:19 GMT -4
Very true. Maybe it comes down to the visibilty factor? It's also interesting the way labels are applied to identify people without necessarily considering how they wish to identify themselves. Apart from the mixed/black angle, I take issue with the "politically correct" term of african-american, especially since it seems to have jumped borders from the US to many other places, and is being used to describe people who are neither American nor consider themselves to be of African heritage. I know! A CNN infobimbo recently referred to the French rioters as "African-Americans." Duh. Topic? I have no idea ... it's late.
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soul
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Post by soul on Nov 17, 2005 5:28:09 GMT -4
So true -- so true!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2005 11:28:57 GMT -4
I know a white person who was born in Africa and became a naturalized US citizen. You could call her an "African-American."
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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2005 20:18:33 GMT -4
Kris, I saw a report on a news show about using 'African-American' vs 'Black'. It was pointed out that Theresa Heinze-Kerry was born in Africa (can't remember which country, Kenya perhaps?) but is now a US citizen. Thus, she could technically be called 'African-American', but would she be accepted as such by black people in America, to whom the term normally applies?.
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Post by Metizia on Nov 17, 2005 22:20:57 GMT -4
Teresa Heinz Kerry was born in Mozambique.
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Post by Cinchona on Nov 17, 2005 23:14:56 GMT -4
"African-American" describes the group whose ancestors arrived in the United States from West Africa by the mid-nineteenth century. So neither a Theresa Heinz-Kerry nor a Freddy Adu can properly be called African-American.
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ladymadonna
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Post by ladymadonna on Nov 18, 2005 2:12:36 GMT -4
Labels, labels. PC terms make my head spin. I try to identify people as they personally want to be identified. By that token, you may now address me as a Scottish-Irish-Welsh-German-African-Native-American. ;D
Back on topic:
Lou Diamond Phillips. Did we do him yet? Most people think he's Mexican, but IIRC, isn't he mostly Navajo?
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Post by sueli on Nov 18, 2005 3:11:40 GMT -4
Lou Diamond Phillips is "of Spanish, Scottish/Irish, Chinese, Filipino, Hawaiian, and Cherokee ancestry" according to imdb.com.
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Post by hillbillylover on Nov 18, 2005 23:16:05 GMT -4
Sorry, sorry, sorry, soul and rags. I got your monikers mixed up and mentioned my mistake a couple of posts after the original statement. I didn't edit the original post because I'd already been called out on my mistake. I caught it. But too late. Again a MILLION times pardon.
In the good old USA where individuality is a bedrock value, that's the only thing that makes sense.
And let's face it, race is a fascinating topic. None of us would be on this thread if that was not the case.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 1, 2005 0:41:59 GMT -4
On tonight's "America's Next Top Model", viewers found out how judge/photog Nigel Barker gets that nice golden glow and good looks. His mother's a former model from Sri Lanka. I'm assuming his dad's a white Brit.
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