01-20-2009, 08:28 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: sector 7G
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African American
Is anyone else tired of this term? It has never made sense to me. I don't call myself "European Canadian". I'm just a Canadian. I certainly don't want to sound racist, it just seems silly. I asked a friend of mine once, she told me she didn't like it either. "I'm not African American, I'm black."
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01-20-2009, 08:30 AM
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something else haha
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..racist
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01-20-2009, 08:31 AM
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GOAT!
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I'm a Scottish-Ukrainian-Calgarian-Albertan Canadian, myself.
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01-20-2009, 08:33 AM
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I have a buddy who I refer to as "African-Canadian".
It's funny because he's as white as I am, but he was born in South Africa and moved here when he was about 8, so I think it still counts.
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01-20-2009, 08:33 AM
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I'm Canadian and I wish it could be left at that (for the record, I'm WASP)
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01-20-2009, 08:36 AM
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GOAT!
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Originally Posted by Bobblehead
I'm Canadian and I wish it could be left at that (for the record, I'm WASP)
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Wow. Really? Which instrument did you play?
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01-20-2009, 08:38 AM
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addition by subtraction
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Tulsa, OK
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personally, i see it as a term that was used to give black people an identity. after centuries of being treated like crap, i think there was a desire to differentiate themselves and show their pride of their african heritage. i have first cousins that are mixed race, and in our family, if we need to use a term, we do just use black. but i think it always depends on the person and the circumstance.
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01-20-2009, 08:41 AM
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Redundant Minister of Redundancy
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Montreal
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I don't like the term either. You could be African American and still be white (someone who immigrated from South Africa for example). Or you could be black and neither African nor American. If you're going to come up with a new PC term, at least pick something that makes sense...
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01-20-2009, 08:43 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2005
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Originally Posted by FanIn80
Wow. Really? Which instrument did you play?
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Instrument? Play? You've seen WASP, it's all about the hair! Blackie Lawless FTW (or not).
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—Bill Clinton
"The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance--it is the illusion of knowledge."
—Daniel J. Boorstin, historian, former Librarian of Congress
"But the Senator, while insisting he was not intoxicated, could not explain his nudity"
—WKRP in Cincinatti
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01-20-2009, 08:46 AM
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n00b!
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I don't see the issue with the term... not a big deal if someone uses that term to describe themselves/others.
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01-20-2009, 08:46 AM
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Has lived the dream!
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Where I lay my head is home...
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Well I do say, 'African Canadian' when talking about someone in our borders. I would never want to add the term American to someone who didn't deserve it... 
Flame away, lol.
In truth, I try to use the term African Canadian to be polite but usually find out later that the person doesn't care or uses another term.
Heck I don't mind being called 'whitey' but I'm a lot more easy going than most so I try to respect others until I am more sure about what they are comfortable with. I can see how terms might bring up bad memories or ideas to some.
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01-20-2009, 08:50 AM
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I'm an old fart....
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01-20-2009, 11:07 AM
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Join Date: May 2004
Location: @robdashjamieson
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I had a buddy who was white, born in Singapore. European-Canadian-Singaporian.
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01-20-2009, 11:11 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2007
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Every Black person I've ever been friends with (about 10) have all found it ridiculous, and hate how oversensitive people in Canada act about calling them black.
They might react differently if they lived in the deep south, or an area that had lots of racism, but most of them have grown up in communities that are extremely tolerant, so they've hardly ever been subjected to any sort of racism.
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01-20-2009, 11:14 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: NYYC
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I hate the term myself. It's used by people, who in an effort to make people feel accepted and included, do just the opposite by calling out how different they are.
Reminds me of how a few years ago Iginla was started being hyped by the media as a great black hockey player and how we should all accept him as is.....when before we all did anyway, and just thought of him as a great hockey player period.
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01-20-2009, 11:21 AM
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Crash and Bang Winger
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Don't like the term. Along with Asian American, Indian American and so on
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01-20-2009, 11:21 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2005
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Quote:
Originally Posted by flip
Every Black person I've ever been friends with (about 10) have all found it ridiculous, and hate how oversensitive people in Canada act about calling them black.
They might react differently if they lived in the deep south, or an area that had lots of racism, but most of them have grown up in communities that are extremely tolerant, so they've hardly ever been subjected to any sort of racism.
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I was walking down the street with a buddy of mine and a pickup truck pulled over to the curb and started throwing every racial epithet they could out the window. My buddy had a few choice words back, and the pickup took off. I asked him and he said it happens every so often. Didn't seem to bother him too much, at least not that it showed, but I was more than a bit shocked because I had never experienced anything like that before.
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"The problem with any ideology is that it gives the answer before you look at the evidence."
—Bill Clinton
"The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance--it is the illusion of knowledge."
—Daniel J. Boorstin, historian, former Librarian of Congress
"But the Senator, while insisting he was not intoxicated, could not explain his nudity"
—WKRP in Cincinatti
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01-20-2009, 11:53 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Calgary, Alberta
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Meh, I'm indifferent when the term Black or African-American is used on me.
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