Normally when someone is Korean American or Italian American, they use the term because they gained residency in America, but were not born here. So, they give the country of the name they were born in first, right? So, why should I be considered African American? I've never been to Africa before in my life, nor do I resemble Africans, with the exception of my skin color.
2007-01-22 07:17:51 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
Oh Wow!! The point is not whether I'm proud to be from Africa or if there is an African twin over there who looks like me, I just wanted to know why I should be considered African American, instead of American, just because my skin color is different.
2007-01-22 07:36:59 · update #1
Venom, you chose the correct name for yourself because that is what you are spitting right now. Sweetie, I never said I looked better than Africans, I said we dont look alike with the exception of our skin color. My features are different because my ancestors came from different places besides Africa-GET IT!! If you are so annoyed with the question, then why waste your time giving a response? Now, that's annoying.
2007-01-23 06:50:02 · update #2
Oh, I checked your other answers to some questions as well Ms. Venom, and I see that you have something against black people from America, as if being a African Canadian makes you better. Get off the high horse sweetie, and realize you're just like me--BLACK!!!
2007-01-23 06:52:49 · update #3
Actually, that isn't true that people born here aren't called things like Korean American.
The phrase is shorthand for American of (at least partly) African descent.
But there's nothing wrong in your thinking of yourself as American, who incidentally has some ancestors that were from Africa.
The reason most Americans can't call themselves some compound is that we're mixed. Most Americans with Italian ancestors also have other ancestors from other places. They don't identify with just the one set.
Also, the history of racism in this country is relevant. As many have problems because of their ancestry, they banded together to fight back.
2007-01-22 08:47:10 · answer #1 · answered by tehabwa 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
So don't consider yourself as one, just as I don't! I don't refer to myself as an African American because Ive been in America all of my life and yes, I have majority of African ancestry but I also have French and Native American...I simply refer to myself as a Black Person or you know what? better yet....AMERICAN!
2007-01-22 15:42:33 · answer #2 · answered by chrissy_poo516 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Re: the first sentence of your question - NO, not necessarily...many people whose heritage is from another country still use the hyphenated terminology.
If you do not wish to be associated with the 'mother land' of the African Continent [which by the way has MANY different kinds of people [looks/features] then don't use the term to describe yourself.
2007-01-22 15:29:59 · answer #3 · answered by sage seeker 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Cause you are black.
sorry hon.. It was either *******, colored or Black American.
Why don't yo write to the NAACP as opposed to spewing forth nonsense in this forum?
I find your question very insulting and annoying. Believe me there are tons of Africans who look better than you.
PS: Africans do not have a slave ancestry and have not been mis-educated to look down on education and holy matrimony unlike most of the so called "African Americans."..... and I am Black (Canadian)
2007-01-22 15:47:44 · answer #4 · answered by venom! 6 · 0⤊ 3⤋
I agree with you. You are an American. Your ancestry is African.
2007-01-22 15:24:49 · answer #5 · answered by mnwomen 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
For the same reason I am Mexican American.
It is determined by our descendants.
It's just a way to label us a little quicker.
2007-01-22 15:25:40 · answer #6 · answered by Sachu 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
its ur culture. b proud
2007-01-22 15:25:38 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋