yaawd african merican/blakk issue

[blugiant]

Re: yaawd african merican/blakk issue

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: jah_yout</div><div class="ubbcode-body">

ah gweyn sue yu fi copyright infringement </div></div>

yu too

starmey luv fii bawl bout oww mii use ann twist wat she sey inn shoutbaxx fii mekk joke tappixx

suesumba begg mii fii stapp usinn ar quote fii mekk tredd

dat fried chicken ann jerk chicken joke mekk mii laff so mii add fii bunn sum fiyah pon cah afrikkan mericans stereotype too soo doan gawn like itt onlee yaawdees

[blugiant]

Re: yaawd african merican/blakk issue

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Serenity82</div><div class="ubbcode-body">

I agree with what you're saying blakk because I unfortunately see it too. But insulting back is not the answer! I know alot of AA who love Jamaicans and west Indian peeps, in fact I hear compliments about Jamaican food, music etc almost every few days from Afro-Americans when I'm out so insulting Afro-Americans is not the answer! In fact, I think it will only make things worse with many since they feel a sort of jealousy/resentment for black immigrants already(which is unfortunate, but true)! </div></div>

yu missinn wan aff da pint ann y mii chatt bout mii yankee dawtah. yess wii see sintinn wii doan like bout sum african americans butt wii avinn afrikkan merican yuths inn merica. soo fii sey cah wii bunn sum fiyah pon aa tings wii doan like wii meen wii negative toward afrikkan merikkans iss wrang. wen wii came fram africa da slave ships drap sum familee members inn meerica ann sum inn da caribbean butt wii allow oyinbo willie lynch fii cantinue fii divide


yaawd food ann yaawd music iss fashionable butt dat doan meen blakk peeps ar natt divided bye african merican ann afro-caribbean kulcha.

[Serenity82]

Re: yaawd african merican/blakk issue

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: blakkgiant</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Serenity82</div><div class="ubbcode-body">

I agree with what you're saying blakk because I unfortunately see it too. But insulting back is not the answer! I know alot of AA who love Jamaicans and west Indian peeps, in fact I hear compliments about Jamaican food, music etc almost every few days from Afro-Americans when I'm out so insulting Afro-Americans is not the answer! In fact, I think it will only make things worse with many since they feel a sort of jealousy/resentment for black immigrants already(which is unfortunate, but true)! </div></div>

yu missinn wan aff da pint ann y mii chatt bout mii yankee dawtah. yess wii see sintinn wii doan like bout sum african americans butt wii avinn afrikkan merican yuths inn merica. soo fii sey cah wii bunn sum fiyah pon aa tings wii doan like wii meen wii negative toward afrikkan merikkans iss wrang. wen wii came fram africa da slave ships drap sum familee members inn meerica ann sum inn da caribbean butt wii allow oyinbo willie lynch fii cantinue fii divide


yaawd food ann yaawd music iss fashionable butt dat doan meen blakk peeps ar natt divided bye african merican ann afro-caribbean kulcha.

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Well you just threw some insults in your post didn't you? I don't see how you can move to the US and throw slurs. If you don't relate to Afro-Americans why not go back to Jamaica?

I was really saying the answer is not to slur back given that many Afro-Americans are already jealous/resentful of black immigrants, why give them more ammunition by throwing slurs?

Is this you blackgiant? So much class, I must say! HAHAHA



SueSumba talks about some spending all their money on expensive tennis shoes. I agree but isn't spending over $100 for a sloppy weave and tacky club outfit even worse?

[Stormmey]

Re: yaawd african merican/blakk issue

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: loops</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">
But i dont apologize to ms sue!
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I don't think sue really cares if you apologize or not....all i ask...is that you stop trying to change her ways.

<span style="font-weight: bold">we like her just fine just the way she is</span>.
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[blugiant]

Re: yaawd african merican/blakk issue

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: _______</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Why does a drop of black blood in the gene pool automatically erase ties to other ethnicities? Why shouldn't we acknowledge the 1/4 Irish or Dutch in the same manner that we accept that we are of African descent? </div></div>

wat does acknowleginn 1/4 irish ar dutch do fii blakk iff natt fii lessen beeinn cansidar blakk. mental slaveree ting cah itt praject feelinn aff uncertainitee bout wan self cah aff mzungu supremacee. manee blakk jamaicans ar unable fii admit dat dem related to african meerican butt dem willinn fii acknowledge dem mzungu relatives

mii luv wen blakk peeps inn ja chatt bout dem mzungu relative ann wear dem fram ann den wen dem cum too merica dem chatt bout oww unfair oyinbo ar to blakk ann dem doan gitt da joke bout oww dem canfuse bout racism

[jah_yout]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: blakkgiant</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> manee blakk jamaicans ar unable fii admit dat dem related to african meerican butt dem willinn fii acknowledge dem mzungu relatives

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i never heard that one before...all the black jamaicans i know are aware that they are of the same root ancestry as black americans

[jah_yout]

Re: yaawd african merican/blakk issue

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: _______</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Why does a drop of black blood in the gene pool automatically erase ties to other ethnicities? Why shouldn't we acknowledge the 1/4 Irish or Dutch in the same manner that we accept that we are of African descent? </div></div>


i take it you don't accept the so-called 'one-drop' theory...
neither do i...but you can't deny that many people of primarily african descent in the western hemisphere are quick to downplay their african ancestry &amp; play up their non-african ancestry...
especially the ones who don't appear mixed;
some even outright claim to be something other than african (black)...by claiming their 'race' is latin or indian or something like that...i don't think anyone should deny any part of their ancestry, but i have a problem when some jet black coily hair person tells me they are 'french-canadian, native-american, and british'
it's like a chinese person telling me they are 'german, irish &amp; american' when i can clearly see they are asian

[jah_yout]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Serenity82</div><div class="ubbcode-body">





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[julie*mango]

Re: yaawd african merican/blakk issue

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: blakkgiant</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: _______</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Why does a drop of black blood in the gene pool automatically erase ties to other ethnicities? Why shouldn't we acknowledge the 1/4 Irish or Dutch in the same manner that we accept that we are of African descent? </div></div>

wat does acknowleginn 1/4 irish ar dutch do fii blakk iff natt fii lessen beeinn cansidar blakk. mental slaveree ting cah itt praject feelinn aff uncertainitee bout wan self cah aff mzungu supremacee. manee blakk jamaicans ar unable fii admit dat dem related to african meerican butt dem willinn fii acknowledge dem mzungu relatives

mii luv wen blakk peeps inn ja chatt bout dem mzungu relative ann wear dem fram ann den wen dem cum too merica dem chatt bout oww unfair oyinbo ar to blakk ann dem doan gitt da joke bout oww dem canfuse bout racism </div></div>

what i am trying to get at blu is that america need to stop putting ppl in broad categories...us Jamaicans in particular are as our motto (out of many, one people). many of us are mixed with different races but appear to be African. Just because we look black then does that mean we should completely forget the rest of our gene pool? I have a problem with doing that and that is the main reason why I do not answer the race question on applications, questionnaires etc. And I think that many of us Jamaicans identify with being Jamaican rather than African American for this same reason.


*ejecting myself from this thread now...pax!*

[julie*mango]

Re: yaawd african merican/blakk issue

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: jah_yout</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: _______</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Why does a drop of black blood in the gene pool automatically erase ties to other ethnicities? Why shouldn't we acknowledge the 1/4 Irish or Dutch in the same manner that we accept that we are of African descent? </div></div>


i take it you don't accept the so-called 'one-drop' theory...
neither do i...but you can't deny that many people of primarily african descent in the western hemisphere are quick to downplay their african ancestry &amp; play up their non-african ancestry...
especially the ones who don't appear mixed;
some even outright claim to be something other than african (black)...by claiming their 'race' is latin or indian or something like that...i don't think anyone should deny any part of their ancestry, but i have a problem when some jet black coily hair person tells me they are 'french-canadian, native-american, and british'
it's like a chinese person telling me they are 'german, irish &amp; american' when i can clearly see they are asian </div></div>

we agree

[Blackstar*]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: _______</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><span style="font-style: italic">Why does a drop of black blood in the gene pool automatically erase ties to other ethnicities? Why shouldn't we acknowledge the 1/4 Irish or Dutch in the same manner that we accept that we are of African descent? </span></div></div>That is what our ancestors' owners had decided and thus the tradition continues.

Having said that, Indians and Africans readily accept me and our common ancestry, the Scots and Irish not so much. Just for that reason alone, I would have no interest in waving a St. George's cross flag or wearing a &quot;Kiss me, I'm Irish&quot; badge, you know...

[Seveen]

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it's not just &quot;blacks&quot; dealing with race titles

i thought this article interesting:

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">When I learned that nearly eighty percent of Puerto Rico's 4 million colorful residents checked off the &quot;white&quot; racial box on the last census, I wasn't floored -- given the alternatives. Race in the Caribbean lies in the eye of the beholder. And the beholder, from centuries of colonization, has more often than not been socialized to reject their blackness despite our collective and direct relationship to slavery.

An association with a historically discriminated ethnic group like African-Americans somehow drives the idea that the American dream is out of reach. In the American media, people with darker complexions are often grossly stereotyped. And Spanish language television often depicts people with darker skin and so-called African features as shiftless, ignorant and at the bottom of the social barrel.

This sort exposure, along with other factors, will result in a Latino with dark skin to be inclined to check off &quot;white,&quot; especially if their only other choices were &quot;African-American&quot; instead of, say &quot;Black/Brown,&quot; and &quot;Native American&quot; rather than the more familiar &quot;Indio/Taino.&quot;</span>

MORE HERE

[blugiant]

Re: yaawd african merican/blakk issue

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Serenity82</div><div class="ubbcode-body">

Well you just threw some insults in your post didn't you? I don't see how you can move to the US and throw slurs. If you don't relate to Afro-Americans why not go back to Jamaica?

I was really saying the answer is not to slur back given that many Afro-Americans are already jealous/resentful of black immigrants, why give them more ammunition by throwing slurs?

Is this you blackgiant? So much class, I must say! HAHAHA



SueSumba talks about some spending all their money on expensive tennis shoes. I agree but isn't spending over $100 for a sloppy weave and tacky club outfit even worse?






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garvey respand inn kind wen insulted. y jamaicans caan trow insults iss dat jamaicans ave wan aff de iightest rate aff enlisted peeps wey fight fii merica ann dat meen a latt aff blakk jamaicans die fii meerikka. blakk jamaicans ave cantributed too buildinn upp meerikka eecaanyamikklee cah wii ave iigh rate aff starinn bizzness. soo mii tekk dat as meaninn wii ave as much rite as anneebadee fii bunn fiyah wen wii doan agree widd da issues

yu see wen afrikkan meerican sey iff wii doan agree widd da issue y nuh goo bakk a yaawd juss remind mii aff wen mzungu tell afrikkan american iff dem doan like itt y dem doan goo badd too afrikka. deflectinn raddar dan address de issue raise

da qwestian iss y afrikkan ameerikkan shood grudge succesful blakk immigrants wen itt benefit blakks? mii see a latt aff successful africam meericans ann mii doan grudge dem.

[blugiant]

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wikked artikkle. itt raise annda intarestinn pint bout oww sumblakk aff diffarent ethnicitee choose natt fii date certain peeps. sum jamaicans woan date afrikkan meerican ann sum afrikkan mericans woan date blakk jamaicans. mii knoo sum aff mii bredrens use fii chatt sey afrikkan merican oomen wey too meericans wen dem inn merikka iff dem doan need dem paypah


<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Seveen</div><div class="ubbcode-body">it's not just &quot;blacks&quot; dealing with race titles

i thought this article interesting:

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">When I learned that nearly eighty percent of Puerto Rico's 4 million colorful residents checked off the &quot;white&quot; racial box on the last census, I wasn't floored -- given the alternatives. Race in the Caribbean lies in the eye of the beholder. And the beholder, from centuries of colonization, has more often than not been socialized to reject their blackness despite our collective and direct relationship to slavery.

An association with a historically discriminated ethnic group like African-Americans somehow drives the idea that the American dream is out of reach. In the American media, people with darker complexions are often grossly stereotyped. And Spanish language television often depicts people with darker skin and so-called African features as shiftless, ignorant and at the bottom of the social barrel.

This sort exposure, along with other factors, will result in a Latino with dark skin to be inclined to check off &quot;white,&quot; especially if their only other choices were &quot;African-American&quot; instead of, say &quot;Black/Brown,&quot; and &quot;Native American&quot; rather than the more familiar &quot;Indio/Taino.&quot;</span>

MORE HERE </div></div>

[LiteBlonde]

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Me is of the belief that when black people compound <span style="font-weight: bold">any </span>stereotype about <span style="font-weight: bold">any</span> black people from <span style="font-weight: bold">anywhere</span>, them simply expressing similar hatred them have inside for themselves, hence trying to supress it in others.

They need deep-seated therapy and will only find happiness afterwards.

I speak of blacks because that is what i am accustomed to and very aware that others might have the same issue.

Before we talk about others, we should take a serious look at our own shortcomings.