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wouldn't you say that your Jamaican identity began with African slavery?
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Nope. I'm not Jamaican! [img]/forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]
Seriously though, I don't know if I understand your question. Just because I cannot trace back to a certain individual or a certain group of people, there is NO denying that I am of African descent.
My identity is that of a person of African descent and part of the Diaspora that was born and raised in the U.S.
Slavery and it's effects on the American psyche only FLAVOR my outlook...but I don't base myself solely on that small and unfortunate part of my LONG heritage.
I don't know if I'm understanding your question...if I don't seem to, let me know! [img]/forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]
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yea, it seems as if you didnt. The Jamaican was just an example. If you are part of the diaspora, black and you now go by a new identity then that identity is a result of African slavery. "You" meaning Black folks? I wouldn't say, "we" go be a "new" identity, it's just that the idenity is changed a bit...all due to slavery (which has definately played a part.)
how can you acknowledge your new identiy, how can slavery be overlooked when it is the farthest you can look back? Sukuna, here is where you get it twisted. Yes, slavery has shaped and molded my identity, but I can look WAAAAY further back than slavery! Just because I was born here doesn't make me unable to acknowledge and accept that long ago my family lived in Africa. Does that make sense to you?
But we have all started discussing not even mentioning slavery. We must NEVER FORGET slavery! We should never forget all the terrible times in history...we should LEARN from our history.Then again, it could have something to do with how much influences being passed down from generations a back Yes, generation after generation made it clear (in my family) that we came from Africa and that our history begins there...regardless of where we're born and/or where we move to.
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wouldn't you say that your Jamaican identity began with African slavery?
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Nope. I'm not Jamaican! [img]/forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]
Seriously though, I don't know if I understand your question. Just because I cannot trace back to a certain individual or a certain group of people, there is NO denying that I am of African descent.
My identity is that of a person of African descent and part of the Diaspora that was born and raised in the U.S.
Slavery and it's effects on the American psyche only FLAVOR my outlook...but I don't base myself solely on that small and unfortunate part of my LONG heritage.
I don't know if I'm understanding your question...if I don't seem to, let me know! [img]/forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]
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yea, it seems as if you didnt. The Jamaican was just an example. If you are part of the diaspora, black and you now go by a new identity then that identity is a result of African slavery. "You" meaning Black folks? I wouldn't say, "we" go be a "new" identity, it's just that the idenity is changed a bit...all due to slavery (which has definately played a part.)
how can you acknowledge your new identiy, how can slavery be overlooked when it is the farthest you can look back? Sukuna, here is where you get it twisted. Yes, slavery has shaped and molded my identity, but I can look WAAAAY further back than slavery! Just because I was born here doesn't make me unable to acknowledge and accept that long ago my family lived in Africa. Does that make sense to you?
But we have all started discussing not even mentioning slavery. We must NEVER FORGET slavery! We should never forget all the terrible times in history...we should LEARN from our history.Then again, it could have something to do with how much influences being passed down from generations a back Yes, generation after generation made it clear (in my family) that we came from Africa and that our history begins there...regardless of where we're born and/or where we move to.
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