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Blaakmaan -> RE: Why not "Black" instead of "African Ameriican"? (10/30/2009 10:39:49 AM)
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ORIGINAL: nubianmuscle
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ORIGINAL: Blaakmaan
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ORIGINAL: nubianmuscle
Honestly, I have sat back and watched your responses, rather bemused. IMO, you did seem to come off as the end all and be all of black opinion. If you are one of the few blacks/African Americans/Negroes/people of color on here that post you owe the rest of us the courtesy of making it clear that you are stating your opinion, not everyone else's.
I personally believe the old saying, "What you call me is not as important as what I answer to."
As an aside, I honestly am lost as opposed to what point you were trying to make as it seemed as if you were all over the place in your various responses. If your general opinion, is the appropriateness of what you are called, depends on the situation, that's fine. That's all you really had to state.
I have been referred to as "colored" by older ladies from WV and taken no offense as I understood the context in which it was used and the backgrounds of those using it. At various times, I have also been referred to and refer to myself as black, African-American, man of color, etc. I believe the intent is more important than the actual word used.
Now you don't have to be seen as the only one of "us" responding and posting to this thread. Happy now? [:)]
Actually, I don't recall being unhappy.
Aren't you like post #108 on this thread?
You're kind of late to the party.
So, while all of this semi-racist (and at times, explicitly racist) crap was being posted on this thread, you "sat back and watched, rather bemused," and now you post, and this is what you have to say?
Damn!
Now I think I'm feeling rather bemused myself!
Next time, try jumping in when the water is hot. If you can take the heat.
If not, stay bemused.
Personally, I care BOTH what I am called AND what I answer to.
And I think the question was what WE Black Americans choose to call ourselves, not what YOU answer to.
We Black/African Americans/Black Americans/whatever-else-we-may-choose-to-call-ourselves claim the right to determine both what we are called, and what we answer to.
Not my opinion. Just a fact.
Like it or don't.
And, finally, when the white posters on here start to state that they're not speaking for all white people, then I'll think about stating that I'm not speaking for all black people.
Until then, I will trust that most people here have the good sense to at least know the obvious.
But...
So I guess your point is, since I didn't jump onto a post as quickly as you did, what I said is invalid?
Disagreeing is fine and you even make valid points, but to state that I was "late to the party" as a reason to invalidate what I said is a weak argument at best. I may have been late to the party, but isn't the party still going on?
My point is exactly what I said it was.
I am not "invalidating" what you said.
I spoke to what you said.
I just noted, factually, that you were kinda late to this particular party.
And that "bumusement" is a two-way street.
I suppose I was also implying that having other blacks post on these threads matters most when all kinds of racial and racist BS is being posted and not challenged--as was happening earlier at this particular party.
So, since you asked if I was "happy now," let me say that I will be happier when more black people step up on these boards and challenge some of that crap when it's being posted instead of just sitting back and watching.
It's like, if you can't (or won't or don't) step to the people who are posting that crap, don't bother to step to me after I do.
Sometimes, I'd like to sit back in bumused silence and let somebody else challenge the racism.
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