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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Tukuler: [QB] Kitty playing in the litterbox again. Their naming peregrinations continue. This is a very real unsettled conundrum http://www.yourblackworld.net/2013/03/black-news/identity-crisis-in-the-black-community-are-you-african-american-black-or-american-of-african-descent/ [b]Identity Crisis In the Black Community: Are You African-American, Black, or American of African Descent?[/b] In the Washington Post’s Opinion Column, Terry Collier wrote a letter to the editor denouncing the terms “African-American” as a means of identification for people of African descent. The quarrel over how to best identify the community of color comes after the U.S. Census Bureau announced it will remove the word “Negro” from the list of options used to identify individuals of color in the 2014 Census, as opposed to waiting until 2020 as they’d initially planned. Ever since the bureau’s announcement, the community of color has experienced a bit of mixed emotions. Some people are elated, some identify with Collier and dislike the terms “African American,” and others are unfazed either way. Collier argues the term “American of African descent” is a more accurate description of the community of color and proposes the bureau use it instead of “African American.” “First, it is more accurate,” Collier says of his/her recommended term for the community of color, “’American of African descent‘ puts the focus on our American nationality, whereas ‘African American’ implies two nationalities, a dualism and a naturalized citizenship. Those of us who are native-born ‘African Americans’ have only one nationality.” Collier continues: “Second, ‘American of African descent’ also allows for an ethnic identification, which remains important in the United States for social and official purposes. This change would have implications for the terms for other Americans. Broadly, we would now be ‘Americans of European descent,’ ‘Americans of Asian descent,’ ‘Americans of Latin American descent,’ ‘Americans of indigenous descent,’ ‘Americans of Middle Eastern descent,’ etc. Of course, terms may be combined as necessary — ‘American of African and European descent,’ say, or ‘American of Latin American and Indigenous descent.’ Let’s update our language. Let’s make it more accurate, at least until the day when all that will be necessary will be ‘American.’” The community’s failure to pass down our history could be attributed to this identity crisis. New research shows that when parents engage their children in activities that promote feelings of racial knowledge, pride, and connection, it offsets racial discrimination’s potentially negative impact on students’ academic development. Instill identity and pride in your children NOW! What term(s) do you believe best identify our community? [i]10 comments[/i] * Here we go again! The sadness of this subject is the confusion among ourselves about our identity. I am a proud African American. Our oppressors did not refer to us as "Africans" but redefined us as "negroes." If we don't claim our African heritage as a matter of first priority, the U.S. Census will call us anything they wish. * We are not African Americans, Africa was named after a white European Leo Africanus. We are the original people, meaning, the people from which all other people come from. Our true identity is the Asianiac Black man. * I prefer just............... Black * I am New Afrikan. My nation is the Republic of New Afrika * EBONESIAN * Negro, Colored, Black, African American, etc…Ever stopped to think that maybe your ancestors were Jamaican, Belizean, Black Hispanics, Haitian, Panamanian, etc? Who’s really to say where you came from? Slave just didn’t come from Africa. Call yourself what you want to call yourselves and be happy with it. You are who you are. If you were born and raised in America, then you are an American no matter what descent. A lot of us are mixed with white, Indian and whoever was here during the time of slavery and beyond. There’s no telling whose cubby hole you came out of. You are who your parents are. Makes you think that all we can ever know is what we are told or read in a book but I think it goes way beyond that. “Black” people are spread all around the world. * I prefer to be called BLACK. It scares white folks when I refuse to be called african-amerikkkan. * Our community is the only one that has been identified with so many labels: Negro, Afro-American, Black, Black American, African American and now its suggested American of African descent. While I identify as an African American (in attempt to identify with my Black African heritage), I think Black American of African descent best describes me. However, with our history, all of the identities of our culture should be listed as an all-inclusive, that way we are all covered or better yet, self-identification. While we are on the subject, when I am traveling in Europe, we are not identified as African Americans, but rather Afro-Americans or Blacks. My French instructor insisted that I call myself an Afro American instead of an African American. * When I go on a trip, and I’m asked my nationality my response has always been American. It also says American on my Pass Port! Theres absolutly not a identity problem on my end. I’m proud to be an American who just happens to be of a darker hue! * [/QB][/QUOTE]
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