I hate the term "African American"

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This thread has NOTHING at all to do with Obama, not one thing. I mentioned it in my first post, that is if you read before you reply, that I've hated the term all my life.

 

Bah! Whatev. My opinions on the matter are available for research on this here forum. Of course there are plenty of Italian-Americans never set foot in Italy- but no threads about it and people getting angry about De Niro's ethnic identity.

It's called ETHNIC BACKGROUND.

What amazes me though is that whitey wants to tell me how to identify myself---

 

Haha, you seem defensive about your identity.
I think the term italian-american is bullshit too, and never say that.

 

We are all a beautiful human raceeee- yep.

 

I get offended when people call me British.

 

Well are ya?

 

He probably would rather be identified as Enlgish, Welsh etc. depending on what he is.

 

Well, technically yes.

 

For fuck's sake you possums pecker, MCLEOD <---------- (can it be any more obvious?)

 

Yeah but your avatar is also black so im not going to make any assumptions.

 

Say what? ^

 

It's a sufi.

 

Well seeing you asked politely

Mcleod is a white guy with a black avatar, so why should i assume that his name is an accurate reflection of his ethnicity?

 

It's a sufi.

 

AHH, I understand sorta.

 

No you don't.

 

I dont really care but i am pretty sure there is a white (yellow) equivalent available.

 

Well I assume that you'd care if you were to say make an error of judgement that displayed a certain ignorance toward ethnic minorities,

 

Your right.