Re: The Black Quiz
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crait wrote:que13x wrote:I can understand how you feel so I only go as far as saying most dark or black people originate from Africa even the ones from Haiti and Tierra Del Fuego and the Aboriginal peoples from the region of Oceania.
I don't see how you can still say that. Even if everyone eventually came from Africa, that doesn't make you African. There comes a point where you are no longer associated with a specific country or region once you culturally or genetically differ greatly enough, or are an offspring of an Nth generation. For instance, you don't hear someone say that they are 1/512th Romanian. Or 1/256th Italian.que13x wrote:However, the straight haired blacks with fine features that originate from India are an enigma to me.
Black is just a color of skin. Which is the whole point of this post. People all over the world have black skin and they are black, not African American. There are some African Americans that are black, and there are some that are white.
que13x wrote:Although stating that someone is not African American because they are from another country is accurate the bottom line is that just about all dark skinned people originate from Africa.
crait wrote:There comes a point where you are no longer associated with a specific country or region once you culturally or genetically differ greatly enough, or are an offspring of an Nth generation. For instance, you don't hear someone say that they are 1/512th Romanian. Or 1/256th Italian.
que13x wrote:All I am saying is that all blacks originate from Africa at some point.
que13x wrote:According to the quiz, Obama is not African but Condolezza is? I don't think anyone reading this is naive enough to go along with that. Condolezza couldn't name a single close relative from Africa but Obama has, thus the quiz is moot along with your point as well.
que13x wrote:I think you think black people just appeared out of nowhere ie: 2 people inexplicably gave birth to a black baby at some point all over the world.
crait wrote:being black just means that you have black skin and it can occur anywhere in the world.
Merriam Webster wrote:3 a : national status; specifically : a legal relationship involving allegiance on the part of an individual and usually protection on the part of the state
Merriam Webster wrote:She's American, but her parents are of Japanese nationality.
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