Re: Colored people (Re: Hellary, return the cups...)

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I've always whinsically smiled at the thought of a bunch of the
so-called black leadership all together late at nite, drunk and
stoned, laughing and slapping their thighs as they propose new and
even yet more complicated terms to force the whiteman to call them
.... such as the the multi-syllabic tongue-twister African-American.


You mean - they do it to fool whites??? LOL!
I suggest we should call them "spades". At least nobody objects to

calling a

spade a spade. :-)



During the 70's I did see a bunch of black men in the leadership, both
Republicans and Democrats, and I was with them getting drunk having a
party for pushing a black Republican into office.

The older guys wondering why there is such a brouhaha over the word
"Negro" when it was working for them, while the younger guys arguing
that not all "blacks" are negroid, so to speak.

But I say that they are Africans with their culture, language and norms
being infused into the American culture and lifestyle especially in the
Southeast.

I said if I am Filipino-American, they should not be ashamed of being
African-Americans, everyone booed me since that terms had not been used
at the time.

There was one African guy in the crowd, and he agreed with me. However,
as it was explained to me by veterans of Vietnam who had been assigned
to Africa, didn't want to be associated with such backwardness.

My answer is that I associate myself with "backwards" Philippine tribes,
I am never ashamed of it. In fact, it is part of my pride.


THIS IS THE CRUCIAL POINT!


Each generation creates something to lift their spirit, or shall we say
social conciousness? If it hasn't worked yet, then another should
certainly come up.

This is actually normal for minorities, nothing disparaging, this is
part of social life. Before the word negro, the word colored was a
"respected" word.



If everyone just highlighted the achievements of his ancestors, nobody had
reason to be ashamed, because somewhere along the line there was always
someone to be proud of. All the bruhaha about terms could come to an end.
Members of every race had successes and defeats. Whether you're proud or
ashamed just depends on whether you look at the successes OR at the defeats
of your race.



It ends at African-American, you cannot change it more or less than that. In all civilization, each has to be respected, even it is "backwards" whether it is or not is not the point.
The point is that the culture has a point of origin, and that is civilization. While Filipinos don't have much cities to speak of, they did at some places do have cities, if you wish to use that usage therefore, it is civilized, isn't it?

The whole idea is to be proud of one's self, do not compare yourself with others, and do not be ashamed of where you came from.

Blacks had been told for many years that being black is ugly, akin to evil, and not worth a penny, it is not easy to uplift a people who had been told that for three hundred years.

I understand, but to change involves changing themselves, unfortunately, this cahnge sometimes will create something negative. Discrimination.

It is the most difficult to remain sensible during the period of change, this is when the swing will sway wildly and can go anywhere, to place a control on it, those who do, might get hurt.
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