Michael Moore & MoveOn.Org Produce A Vile Video For The Democrats

JoeNation · Nov 4, 2012

CoinOKC said: ↑

It's not that I couldn't refer to myself as African-American, it's just that I don't. Any human being, including you and I, have the option of referring to ourselves as African-American (that is, if we live anywhere on the American continent). I refer to myself as "American" simply as a reference to my geographical location as opposed to an aspect of my heritage. If I wanted to sub-categorize myself, I could call myself "African-American" but, in my opinion, to HYPHENATE is to DISCRIMINATE.

What I think you're failing to grasp is that, first and foremost, all the people on earth are homo sapiens. Or "humans" if you prefer. You could even call us "Terrans" if you want. Actually, it makes no difference to me what one wants to label himself. But, for those who choose to categorically label themselves, I'm pleased they choose "Africa" as the first descriptor before adding the hyphenation (e.g., "African-American", "African-European", "African-Antarctican", etc.).
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Considering once again that humans began to leave the continent between 125,000 and 60,000 years ago, they couldn't be considered "Africans" since the continent wasn't named Africa until Roman times. Your whole premise falls completely apart given that fact.

CoinOKC · Nov 4, 2012

JoeNation said: ↑

Considering once again that humans began to leave the continent between 125,000 and 60,000 years ago, they couldn't be considered "Africans" since the continent wasn't named Africa until Roman times. Your whole premise falls completely apart given that fact.
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Just what do you have against persons referring to themselves as "African-Americans"?

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