bigwater
Full Member
The political correctness gets worse every day. Next thing will be that I have to describe myself as a Caucasian-American. I won't be allowed to just be white, because that will offend somebody.
Jesse Jackson coined the phrase "African-American" because he found the N word that we're absolutely forbidden to even think about any longer so offensive, and even the word "black" had become offensive because most blacks weren't really black any more. The original African blacks for the most part have mixed in the melting pot with all the other races that came to this country from all over the world... So the blacks had as much kike, wop, mick and any other "derisive" term that you can think of in them. The majority of true African-Americans you'll find in the US in today's culture will most likely be immigrants from South Africa, and will be whiter than I am. Well the fact remains that many of the "African-Americans" can trace some of their ancestry back to the country of Nigeria, so sure probably the proper term would have been Nigerian. But the term was shortened and twisted a bit and it was a proper term to use for a person from Nigeria, until it suddenly became a racial slur. In today's society, an African-American is no more African than I am.
I got blasted and accused of being racist on another forum recently for using the term Jew in proper context once, as in "The Jews control Wall Street". WTF? How is it that people can be so politically correct that you cannot define a racial subset of society by their commonly known racial identity? What should I have called them in that context? The Jewish-Americans control Wall Street? People of Jewish ancestory control Wall Street?
I refuse to be called a Caucasian-American. If you want to hyphenate me, you're going to do it properly. I'm an Irish-German-British-Scottish-French-American and I expect to be refered to as such. Or you can just call me an American.
Jesse Jackson coined the phrase "African-American" because he found the N word that we're absolutely forbidden to even think about any longer so offensive, and even the word "black" had become offensive because most blacks weren't really black any more. The original African blacks for the most part have mixed in the melting pot with all the other races that came to this country from all over the world... So the blacks had as much kike, wop, mick and any other "derisive" term that you can think of in them. The majority of true African-Americans you'll find in the US in today's culture will most likely be immigrants from South Africa, and will be whiter than I am. Well the fact remains that many of the "African-Americans" can trace some of their ancestry back to the country of Nigeria, so sure probably the proper term would have been Nigerian. But the term was shortened and twisted a bit and it was a proper term to use for a person from Nigeria, until it suddenly became a racial slur. In today's society, an African-American is no more African than I am.
I got blasted and accused of being racist on another forum recently for using the term Jew in proper context once, as in "The Jews control Wall Street". WTF? How is it that people can be so politically correct that you cannot define a racial subset of society by their commonly known racial identity? What should I have called them in that context? The Jewish-Americans control Wall Street? People of Jewish ancestory control Wall Street?
I refuse to be called a Caucasian-American. If you want to hyphenate me, you're going to do it properly. I'm an Irish-German-British-Scottish-French-American and I expect to be refered to as such. Or you can just call me an American.
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Whatever they are called, thank God they weren't totally wiped out, they have a telling story to tell. They are people, deserved to be treated the way you would want yourself to be treated. Ya'll really think about their recent history. The next time you dig up a relic, or coin, or point , ask yourself what was the condition of the indigenous people at the time your treasure was lost. Yeah, I understand the ways of humanity, and the spoils go the victor, BUT, we know their story, it can't/shouldn't be ignored. Call a coin an injun if you have too, just give a little thought to the word. Just give some consideration to the story.
