Mia Love Rocks
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It's not hard to imagine at all. If a black person in Virginia is the descendant of African slaves brought here in the and 1800s and so is referred to as an "African-American", why should it blow your mind or offend you that a black person from Utah whose family descended from slaves brought to Haiti in the 1800s is referred to as an "African-American"? It's the same extrapolation used every day. As you like to say, maybe "you're just nitpicking."
You could refer to me as an Irish-American if you want. Same thing. Except the part where my ancestors came to America willingly.
It's not hard to imagine at all. If a black person in Virginia is the descendant of African slaves brought here in the and 1800s and so is referred to as an "African-American", why should it blow your mind or offend you that a black person from Utah whose family descended from slaves brought to Haiti in the 1800s is referred to as an "African-American"? It's the same extrapolation used every day. As you like to say, maybe "you're just nitpicking."
You could refer to me as an Irish-American if you want. Same thing. Except the part where my ancestors came to America willingly.
Oh no doubt I'm nit picking.
So how far back do we go as Irish Americans?
Vikings? Normans?
But while I'm nit picking
her family came to America willingly too. WSS
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Well, my grandmother had the brogue, so not too far for me.
But yes, at some point it's strange. I don't need to go back to Stonehenge, and for the most part I don't care anyway.
Generally, though, and for obvious reasons, the people who cling to their identity most are the people who had it stolen from them, or were oppressed. The Irish are similar in this regard.
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Of course having a family from Haiti means she isn't African American.
WSS
My French is a little rusty, but I'm pretty sure Haiti translates to "Pit-stop"
My French is a little rusty, but I'm pretty sure Haiti translates to "Pit-stop"
You sound like an elitist / racist there pal, who's "pit stop"? there are real people living there.
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My French is a little rusty, but I'm pretty sure Haiti translates to "Pit-stop"
You sound like an elitist / racist there pal, who's "pit stop"? there are real people living there.
You sound like an elitist / racist there pal, who's "pit stop"? there are real people living there.
Haiti was part of the slave trade triangle. Which is why it would be absolutely accurate/allowable for someone of Haitian descent to refer to themselves as African American.
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You sound like an elitist / racist there pal, who's "pit stop"? there are real people living there.
Haiti was part of the slave trade triangle. Which is why it would be absolutely accurate/allowable for someone of Haitian descent to refer to themselves as African American.
Haiti was part of the slave trade triangle. Which is why it would be absolutely accurate/allowable for someone of Haitian descent to refer to themselves as African American.
Again I'll nit pick.
If my family came from Ireland 200 + years a go, and I then moved to say Germany, I wouldn't think my children would be called Irish Germans.
WSS
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Haiti is a shit hole island full of lazy people. Just a fact. Look at there status after how many years after the earthquake? Pitiful.
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Haiti is a shit hole island full of lazy people. Just a fact. Look at there status after how many years after the earthquake? Pitiful.
Haiti is a shit hole island full of lazy people. Just a fact. Look at there status after how many years after the earthquake? Pitiful.
They also have about zero resources to draw from, so while I agree with you to some degree, it does go beyond that
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Haiti was part of the slave trade triangle. Which is why it would be absolutely accurate/allowable for someone of Haitian descent to refer to themselves as African American.
Again I'll nit pick.
If my family came from Ireland 200 + years a go, and I then moved to say Germany, I wouldn't think my children would be called Irish Germans.
WSS
Again I'll nit pick.
If my family came from Ireland 200 + years a go, and I then moved to say Germany, I wouldn't think my children would be called Irish Germans.
WSS
Why not? That's how you'd describe your ancestry - as Irish. You'd be an Irish-American living in Germany. If your family had gone straight from Ireland to Germany you'd be Irish-German. Just like there are lots of German Turks and Algerian French. Just like Mia Love is an American of African ancestry (also called an African-American) and living in Utah.
I don't know what the big deal is. Is it that you'd like African-Americans to forget about the whole African part and be just "Americans"? Well, they are just Americans. And when you want to expand on that, and describe their ancestry, you use the term African-American. Just like you do with Irish, German, Mexican, Italian, etc.
I hope we don't spend lots of time on stuff like this. Let's move on.
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Again I'll nit pick.
If my family came from Ireland 200 + years a go, and I then moved to say Germany, I wouldn't think my children would be called Irish Germans.
WSS
Why not? That's how you'd describe your ancestry - as Irish. You'd be an Irish-American living in Germany. If your family had gone straight from Ireland to Germany you'd be Irish-German. Just like there are lots of German Turks and Algerian French. Just like Mia Love is an American of African ancestry (also called an African-American) and living in Utah.
I don't know what the big deal is. Is it that you'd like African-Americans to forget about the whole African part and be just "Americans"? Well, they are just Americans. And when you want to expand on that, and describe their ancestry, you use the term African-American. Just like you do with Irish, German, Mexican, Italian, etc.
I hope we don't spend lots of time on stuff like this. Let's move on.
Why not? That's how you'd describe your ancestry - as Irish. You'd be an Irish-American living in Germany. If your family had gone straight from Ireland to Germany you'd be Irish-German. Just like there are lots of German Turks and Algerian French. Just like Mia Love is an American of African ancestry (also called an African-American) and living in Utah.
I don't know what the big deal is. Is it that you'd like African-Americans to forget about the whole African part and be just "Americans"? Well, they are just Americans. And when you want to expand on that, and describe their ancestry, you use the term African-American. Just like you do with Irish, German, Mexican, Italian, etc.
I hope we don't spend lots of time on stuff like this. Let's move on.
Are you really for real, or just a made up person?
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Haiti was part of the slave trade triangle. Which is why it would be absolutely accurate/allowable for someone of Haitian descent to refer to themselves as African American.
Again I'll nit pick.
If my family came from Ireland 200 + years a go, and I then moved to say Germany, I wouldn't think my children would be called Irish Germans.
WSS
Again I'll nit pick.
If my family came from Ireland 200 + years a go, and I then moved to say Germany, I wouldn't think my children would be called Irish Germans.
WSS
Heck's response was pretty much the same I'd give. I'm just not really sure I understand the problem with acknowledging your ancestry. I don't think Mayor Love (Awesome) goes around introducing herself as "African-American Mia Love" That would be strange. But if the ancestry topic came up, it's absolutely normal for her to acknowledge wherever it is her family hails from. Just as it would be totally normal for you to bring up "Irish" when discussing your children in your scenario above.
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Again I'll nit pick.
If my family came from Ireland 200 + years a go, and I then moved to say Germany, I wouldn't think my children would be called Irish Germans.
WSS
Why not? That's how you'd describe your ancestry - as Irish. You'd be an Irish-American living in Germany. If your family had gone straight from Ireland to Germany you'd be Irish-German. Just like there are lots of German Turks and Algerian French. Just like Mia Love is an American of African ancestry (also called an African-American) and living in Utah.
I don't know what the big deal is. Is it that you'd like African-Americans to forget about the whole African part and be just "Americans"? Well, they are just Americans. And when you want to expand on that, and describe their ancestry, you use the term African-American. Just like you do with Irish, German, Mexican, Italian, etc.
I hope we don't spend lots of time on stuff like this. Let's move on.
Why not? That's how you'd describe your ancestry - as Irish. You'd be an Irish-American living in Germany. If your family had gone straight from Ireland to Germany you'd be Irish-German. Just like there are lots of German Turks and Algerian French. Just like Mia Love is an American of African ancestry (also called an African-American) and living in Utah.
I don't know what the big deal is. Is it that you'd like African-Americans to forget about the whole African part and be just "Americans"? Well, they are just Americans. And when you want to expand on that, and describe their ancestry, you use the term African-American. Just like you do with Irish, German, Mexican, Italian, etc.
I hope we don't spend lots of time on stuff like this. Let's move on.
No ulterior motive, Heck, nothing rancorous.
Relax.
WSS
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