"I'm not African-American"

[Skelly]

Re: "I'm not African-American"

Yah know...mi just realize how confuse I is..cuz technically mi not Jamaican anymore. Does that make me Afro American now?

[makabush]

Re: "I'm not African-American"

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Skelly</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Yah know...mi just realize how confuse I is..cuz technically mi not Jamaican anymore. Does that make me Afro American now? </div></div>

dual citizenship.

[jah_yout]

Re: &quot;I'm not African-American&quot;

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: makabush</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: jah_yout</div><div class="ubbcode-body">so bob marley has nothing to do with &quot;black&quot; history (bleep)-face?

(when you stop the name-calling i will too ) </div></div>

not wid american black history. If they are going to go there, they have to talk about all black famous people who ever lived. </div></div>

i thought you wrote &quot;black&quot; history...

i did not know the term &quot;black&quot; is exclusive to only americans of african descent....

if they said african-american history then i see your point, but you said black history...
besides technically the caribbean is called also &quot;the americas&quot;...as in &quot;latin america'...soth america, cemtral america...
we are in north america

we can do this all day

[twiney]

Re: &quot;I'm not African-American&quot;

Merica dont recognise dual citizenship

[makabush]

Re: &quot;I'm not African-American&quot;

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

i thought you wrote &quot;black&quot; history...

i did not know the term &quot;black&quot; is exclusive to only americans of african descent....

if they said african-american history then i see your point, but you said black history...
besides technically the caribbean is called also &quot;the americas&quot;...as in &quot;latin america'...soth america, cemtral america...
we are in north america

we can do this all day </div></div>

dis sound like a yankee idea to me. dis is the exact reason why some of you jamaican/jamerican doan know the difference between kunta kinte and cudjo.

jamaica is not a state in the united states of america.

america doan care bout no odda country unless it can rape suppn from it.

[makabush]

Re: &quot;I'm not African-American&quot;

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Twiney</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Merica dont recognise dual citizenship </div></div>


You can have a Jamaican passport and an American passport. The Jamaican govt. does not disown its own.

[kia027]

Re: &quot;I'm not African-American&quot;

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Twiney</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Merica dont recognise dual citizenship </div></div>

Yes the US does recognize dual citizenship

[Tropicana]

Re: &quot;I'm not African-American&quot;

Has Jamaica changed the archaic law?

It stated that if a child is born abroad of a Jamaican father, he or she can have Jamaican cizenship.

If the child is born abroad of a Jamaican mother and the father isn't Jamaican the childe can only have Jamaican citizenship if the mother and father weren't married.

Some confusing business like that.

[makabush]

Re: &quot;I'm not African-American&quot;

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: R_C</div><div class="ubbcode-body">
&quot;<span style="font-weight: bold">That act of calling me African-American completely erased their history and the sacrifice and contributions it took to make me an author,</span>&quot; said Morgan, a longtime U.S. citizen who calls herself Black-Caribbean American.
</div></div>

This author has no problems with the term black, she is just distinguishing herself as a person of Caribbean ancestry.

I agree. When you act &quot;different&quot; African Americans want to bad mind you and bad chat you and chat yu food an yu accent an yu gramma. But as soon as you win an award dem waan claim yu.

So 12 pages of arguing over a simple reading and comprehension mistake.
And none of us are &quot;African&quot;. She is right. We are of African descent.

[Tropicana]

Re: &quot;I'm not African-American&quot;

As Deanna Durbin said in the blockbuster movie &quot;First Love&quot; in which she got her first screen kiss from dreamy polo playing Robert Stack:

<span style="font-weight: bold">Wrong again! </span>

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[makabush]

Re: &quot;I'm not African-American&quot;

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Tropicana</div><div class="ubbcode-body">As Deanna Durbin said in the blockbuster movie &quot;First Love&quot; in which she got her first screen kiss from dreamy polo playing Robert Stack:

<span style="font-weight: bold">Wrong again! </span>

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you realise you are quoting the joker that sang &quot;legalise it....yea..aah&quot;

your choice of role-models is impeccable.

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but since we are quoting peter tosh, the man said &quot;walk and DOAN LOOK BACK&quot;...haha. Forward ever. Backward never.

[Tropicana]

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I have already stated in a previous discussion that I dropped Peter Tosh from my favourite artists list after he recorded Legalize it and Oh RC oh BC. (Soon bump it fi you). But on this one, Peter Tosh was bang on, 100% right.

You don't have to agree with someone on EVERYTHING. I agree with you about the Bible and the importance of avoiding random baggy dropping and out of wedlock pregnancies but on race we just don't see eye to eye.

I suppose you will accuse Peter Tosh and Burning Spear of spouting foreign ideas too.

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[makabush]

Re: &quot;I'm not African-American&quot;

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Tropicana</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I have already stated in a previous discussion that I dropped Peter Tosh from my favourite artists list after he recorded Legalize it and Oh RC oh BC. (Soon bump it fi you). But on this one, Peter Tosh was bang on, 100% right.

I suppose you will accuse Peter Tosh and Burning Spear of spouting foreign ideas too.

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rastas say they believe in repatriation too. You ready to move back to Africa?

[jah_yout]

Re: &quot;I'm not African-American&quot;

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

i thought you wrote &quot;black&quot; history...

i did not know the term &quot;black&quot; is exclusive to only americans of african descent....

if they said african-american history then i see your point, but you said black history...
besides technically the caribbean is called also &quot;the americas&quot;...as in &quot;latin america'...soth america, cemtral america...
we are in north america

we can do this all day </div></div>

dis sound like a yankee idea to me. dis is the exact reason why some of you jamaican/jamerican doan know the difference between kunta kinte and cudjo.

jamaica is not a state in the united states of america.

america doan care bout no odda country unless it can rape suppn from it. </div></div>


Your reasoning is curious...
So if during &quot;black history month&quot; in the USA someone mentions Marcus Garvey, would you run come tell them he is off limits to them because he was born in Jamaica? What about J.A.Rogers? Methinks you may need to broaden your parochial views

[Tropicana]

Re: &quot;I'm not African-American&quot;

Why not? One of my cousins married an African and raised her kids in Africa. It was so unusual at the time that it was even written up in the Gleaner way back. Another cousin bought land in Africa and retired there. They both still live there and seem to be doing alright.

This one is specially dedicated to you makabush. May you develop pride in your African heritage and come to terms with your Black identity.

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Walk good.