Trayvon Martin

[boba]

No but my acestors are originally from there. They did not migrate there from elsewhere.

At one point your ancestors did migrate there.

[ensbergcollector]

Let's do this. Let all of us walk around an affluent neighborhood late at night and see which one us gets called and african american if you know what I mean.

yes, and the cause of that is because blacks in the country have insisted on being called african american. so, those affluent people you speak of would actually be respecting your wishes.

again, for me personally, if you can't say that anyone more recent then your great-grandparents came from somewhere else, then you are just american. if your parents, grandparents, or you were born elsewhere then by all means call yourself whatever you like.

i have 2 close friends who were both born in africa and grew up there. Lived there till their teens. both are white. are they not allowed to be called african american? to say they aren't while saying someone who has no ties to africa more recent then 150+ years ago is, is ridiculous. cultural statements were never supposed to be about race.

[theonedru]

1. not all Blacks are from Africa, there are a lot of places around the globe they can be descended from.

2. I have White friends that can say they are African American since they were born and grew up there.

[theonedru]

I wil also state for the record to be truly African American or whatever American you would would have to be born there and live here, otherwise you are just plain old American.

[BGT Masters]

I wil also state for the record to be truly African American or whatever American you would would have to be born there and live here, otherwise you are just plain old American.

Agreed. The same can be said about anywhere. Thats how I explained how I felt about myself in a previous thread a couple weeks ago. I see myself as American plain and simple.

[tndcollectables]

i wil also state for the record to be truly african american or whatever american you would would have to be born there and live here, otherwise you are just plain old american.

amen!

[shrewsbury]

No but my acestors are originally from there. They did not migrate there from elsewhere.

mrveggie, i have to ask how do you know? you stated, just recently, your slave masters did not allow your people to know there heritage

[NY Sports Teams]

Sorry to burst you bubble but I don't go searching out for negative stories. I go online and look at what's popular in the news or someone may email something to me. If it is about a violent crime I post regardless of who the victim or predator. Thanks for playing.

You're not bursting my bubble. I guess you have not seen/read/ect any violent crimes perpetrated by a black male. Blacks make up approximately 13.6% of the population yet account for approximately 39.4% of prison population. With my limited education it seems like the incarceration rate is three times what it should be according to the percentage of black in our population. I guess with those percentages it must be very difficult to find any stories about a black male murdering a black/white/hispanic/asian/ect man, women or child to start a thread about.

You're initial post of "For those of you who don't know Trayvon Martin was the Black teenager from Florida who was murdered in cold blood by a white guy who claimed that he was doing a neighboorhood watch and it was self defense despite all of the evidence saying otherwise." tells it all. Right away you wanted to attack white people without even knowing the whole story.

I need not comment any further, I know the type of individual you are, you have shown your stripes. No, don't thank me, thank you sir for playing.

...Rick


EDIT: One last thing. Had I come on here or anywhere else and said "I'm surprised that no one has bought this story up. For those of you who don't know Dick Martin was the White teenager from Florida who was murdered in cold blood by a black guy who claimed that he was doing a neighboorhood watch and it was self defense despite all of the evidence saying otherwise. There have so far been no arrests in the case and the FBI has taken over the investigation." If the guy ended up not being black, I would have been labeled a racist. On the other hand, if the shoe fits wear it. You get no do over from me, I understand who and what you are. Sir, again, thank you for playing...

[AUTaxMan]

Yes, that is my point. This is the only country that does it. That is what makes thing so hard here. When I file out application I always mark other then write in American.

That's right. habs informed me last week that there are no African-Canadians (although he said there aren't too many blacks of African descent there either).

[habsheaven]

Actually, in eastern Canada we have a large black population that trace their roots from Africa by way of America and the underground railroad. In out bigger cities like Toronto and Montreal the black population is mostly of Jamaican heritage.

At the end of the day, according to the Bible most of you put your faith in, we are all Iraqis.