Thursday, February 14, 2008

'Black Americans' or 'African Americans' ?

Today I am going to attempt to ascertain the ethnic title to be awarded to humans of the negroid race residing in America.

A large part of this ethnic group has long advocated to be reffered to as 'African Americans' as opposed to 'Black Americans'. One justification is that other ethnic groups are refered to by geographical origin not skin color for example Cuban-Americans, Asian-American, and so on.

Personally I think the most apropriate title for this demographic is 'Black-Americans'.
An ethnic title is not solely based on skin color or geographical origin but also identifiable cultural norms. Culturally I think 'Black Americans' are completely disconnected from Africa . This is unlike other groups such as Asian Americans who are still deeply connected to their origins.

One common observation is that most Black Americans despise their origins.They mock recent African-Immigrants as Kunta -Kinte's and laugh raucously at their ethnic African Names.
Also notable is that other demographic groups retain their original names for example Jackie Chan, Jet Lee ,Eva Mendez, Antonio Banderas.
If anyone can tell me of an African-African called Will(ard) Smith, Chris Tucker or Martin Lawrence I will give them a million bucks.

So disconnected are 'Black Americans' from their origins they would be completely dysfunctional if they were to return to Africa. This point is proven by the "Grand-Daddy of all failed African States" - Liberia which was formed by liberated 'Black American' slaves.
Other ethnic groups in America have traceable roots and continue to make meaningful contributions to their homelands as oppossed to 'Black Americans'.

Some may view this as an unjustified attack but my opinions are based solely on logic and not emotion or dislike for 'black americans'. At the end of the day they are just Americans longing for their long lost and unrecoverable roots.

Maybe they should officially clasify themselves as niggas (which they consider non-offensive if spelt with an 'a' as opposed to an 'er')

This article might seem like a pointless rant but I just had to share my opinion from an authentic African point of view. This issue has been stewing inside me and I just had to get it out of my system....Cheers

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