Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Ameicanisms

It's stupid American political correctness that leads to this type of mess.
Think about it if I call someone black I get dirty looks, call the same person African American and it's ok.
If you are a Naturalized citizen of the U.S. you are an American period.

If you call yourself an:
African-American
Hispanic American
Asian-American
or any other nationalit­­y/America­n­, by definition you are not American. If you are lily white and your ancestors were in the Mayflower and you're a Republican YOU'RE NOT AN AMERICAN! In this country it doesn't matter where you ancestry is from,  if you are citizen you are an American. Meb Keflezighi Calls himself an American, not an African-American this is a lesson that we Americans should learn.
So, what kind of American are you?


Response by
dreadgeekgrrl said...
You make an interesting point. An interesting point I disagree with at some level but none-the-less interesting. Btw. who would give you a dirty look for calling a black person black? Now, if you call me colored or a negro I'm going to think you are, perhaps, hopelessly antiquarian but not racist. I, for one, prefer the term black to African-American because I think that the latter term is somewhat disingenuous. My ancestors *stopped* being Africans the minute the West African coast disappeared over the horizon a couple of hundred years ago. Since then we have been Americans--whether America believed that about us or not. This much we agree on. Where I disagree with you is this idea that if you call yourself African-American or Hispanic American or Asian American you are not an American. There is no nation called Africa. No nation called Asia. No nation called Hispania or Hispanola (there's a city by the latter name but no matter here). They are ethnic markers NOT nationality markers. It is no more renouncing your American nationality to call yourself Asian American than it is to call yourself a Jewish American. Cheers A

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  1. You make an interesting point. An interesting point I disagree with at some level but none-the-less interesting. Btw. who would give you a dirty look for calling a black person black? Now, if you call me colored or a negro I'm going to think you are, perhaps, hopelessly antiquarian but not racist. I, for one, prefer the term black to African-American because I think that the latter term is somewhat disingenuous. My ancestors *stopped* being Africans the minute the West African coast disappeared over the horizon a couple of hundred years ago. Since then we have been Americans--whether America believed that about us or not. This much we agree on.

    Where I disagree with you is this idea that if you call yourself African-American or Hispanic American or Asian American you are not an American. There is no nation called Africa. No nation called Asia. No nation called Hispania or Hispanola (there's a city by the latter name but no matter here). They are ethnic markers NOT nationality markers. It is no more renouncing your American nationality to call yourself Asian American than it is to call yourself a Jewish American.

    Cheers
    A

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