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#31
10-24-2005, 03:14 PM
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Re: How do I get a coloured name?
I think the PC term is "African American" or "person of color". You can always change your name legally.
My favorite for men: Dontrelle Leroy Antoine For women: Tamika LaWanda 
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#32
10-25-2005, 04:47 AM
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Re: How do I get a coloured name?
On a related note, I really hate the term "African American", it only works in the US. What exactly do Americans call blacks outside the US? African-English? African-French? It's stupid and pretty insular.
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#33
10-25-2005, 05:26 AM
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Re: How do I get a coloured name?
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On a related note, I really hate the term "African American", it only works in the US. What exactly do Americans call blacks outside the US? African-English? African-French? It's stupid and pretty insular. [/ QUOTE ] Its not stupid if the people they are referring to are Americans that are of African descent. That goooey organ in your head, use it. [img]/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img]
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#35
10-25-2005, 05:46 AM
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Re: How do I get a coloured name?
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Yeh, thanks, so what about everyone else? [/ QUOTE ] Since you are such an expert on American vernacular, tell me, how often are black people that arent American referred to as African American?
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#36
10-25-2005, 05:48 AM
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Re: How do I get a coloured name?
I'm saying that "African American" isn't an equivalent term to "black", because there're lots of black people who are not african american. Yet the terms are interchangeable to a lot of people.
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#37
10-25-2005, 05:49 AM
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Re: How do I get a coloured name?
[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ] On a related note, I really hate the term "African American", it only works in the US. What exactly do Americans call blacks outside the US? African-English? African-French? It's stupid and pretty insular. [/ QUOTE ] Its not stupid if the people they are referring to are Americans that are of African descent. That goooey organ in your head, use it. [img]/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img] [/ QUOTE ] Yet almost nobody in the U.S. ever calls people Irish-Americans, German-Americans, etc.
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#38
10-25-2005, 05:53 AM
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Re: How do I get a coloured name?
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Yet the terms are interchangeable to a lot of people. [/ QUOTE ] What people? I dont hear people hear referring to Leon Spinks(sp?) as an African American.
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#40
10-25-2005, 05:55 AM
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Re: How do I get a coloured name?
[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] On a related note, I really hate the term "African American", it only works in the US. What exactly do Americans call blacks outside the US? African-English? African-French? It's stupid and pretty insular. [/ QUOTE ] Its not stupid if the people they are referring to are Americans that are of African descent. That goooey organ in your head, use it. [img]/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img] [/ QUOTE ] Yet almost nobody in the U.S. ever calls people Irish-Americans, German-Americans, etc. [/ QUOTE ] Negroid is a race, Irish and German are nationalities. Did you really not understand that?
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