Not all black people are from Africa...

by Anonymous 14 years ago

That's the point of the post, and not all Africans are black

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Also true.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Such as myself :)

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Hey Chips, I was wondering, you're South African right, if you moved to America and got citizenship, would you call yourself African-American, even though you're white? Because African is your nationality rather than race.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I'm South African too. First of all, I'd never move to America, but if I did, I'd use African-American as my nationality and white as my race. I'd also get really pissed off with people who think African = black.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Lol at the thumbs down even though I'm right.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

That's because "African American" is not a nationality, but an ethnicity. Nationality = American, South African, etc.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

If I'm a citizen of Africa and become a citizen of America, my nationality would be both, i.e. African-American.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Africa is not a nation; you're wrong.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Never said it was.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Yo! Well, I would always call myself South African, but that's just because I'm a very patriotic, but in reference to your question - it would depend on the context of the conversation. I'd call myself an American citizen who happens to be white and from Africa. Nationality = American, Race = White (Caucasian) and Origins = African. That whole "African-American" thing actually bugs me, but I guess it works for them. If you moved to the US would you call yourself "Australian-American"? Just curious :)

by Anonymous 13 years ago

So even if you got American citizenship, you wouldn't call yourself, like "South-African-American" (which is a bit of a mouthfull, but you're around 20-ish I'm guessing, so if it were me, I wouldn't wanna lose the South African part of me). And, yeah, I always wondered about white people from African countries, how they'd go in the US. Lol, I dunno, I'm already a Kizzie (half Kiwi, half Aussie), duel citizenship for both NZ and Aus, and I've never considered living permanently in the US.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

(Simon):Yeah it can get complicated. Same, if I was to ever move anywhere it would probably be Canada. Tough I hope I never have to.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I hate it when white South Africans on the internet think they're all unique and shit and that it's amazing that they're WHITE and AFRICAN. Actually, there are hardly any black South Africans on the internet, so stop assuming the rest of non-South Africans don't know that you're white. The day I find a black South African on amirite, I will hold a party in my flat. Due to the racism of the past, blacks have still not recovered and a huge population still lives in the slums.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

(Another anon):Cool story, bro.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

The tl;dr version of that comment is: don't think you're too awesome because you're not.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

You want some cheese with that whine?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I wish teachers would let us write "black" in our notes instead of "African-American." It's a waste of time.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Where are you? My teacher let us write black in my final exam essay

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Idk we're allowed to write "black" and call the people "blacks" in our final exams.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

The dislikes are most likely from people who said at one time, " I dont see color, i just see a person like you and me." God damn retards.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

The first part reminded me of Bruno, when he adopted an African baby, and said there were lots of African-Americans in Africa. And, yeah, you're right - not every black person originates from Africa - my cousin is from Samoa, and when he went to America he was refered to as African-American a couple times.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

If you really want to get technical about it, the human race is highly speculated to have began in Africa, and spread out from there, thereby using your logic would mean that everyone, no matter the race, is African, because if you could trace your ancestry back far enough, you'd originate from there. Which is why racism is so fucking stupid. But if you're just talking about the country a black person is born in/where their parents are from, then yeah, you'd be right. Ps: this might not make complete sense, it's 2am right now. >.>

by Anonymous 13 years ago

What i hate is when someone assumes that A) A black person is from Africa, and B) Have residency and a citizenship in America

by Anonymous 13 years ago

If black Americans are African-American, white Americans must be European-American. It's all just so stupid. When did "black" become offensive?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

It became offensive because people are too defensive and sensitive, namely white people afraid of offending people

by Anonymous 13 years ago