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13242847, Goes both ways
Posted by Lurkmode, Wed Mar-14-18 08:15 PM
>That 'Black vs. black' nonsense has always been ridiculous
>and invalid.
>
>>That arguments ("we're all black!") works until one
>considers
>>African-Americans (capital Bs) as a unique and separate
>>culture Which a lot of people apparently loath to do)
>
>What you are speaking of right ^^there is *nationality, NOT
>ethnicity. Black people in North America need to learn the
>distinction. Because that type of ignorance is what had
>Charlamagne confused about Amara La Negra on breakfast club,
>but I digress.
>
>
>
>Semantics be damn, here is the facts(as opposed to opinion):
>
>We are all Black(as in: African, of the indigenous African
>ethnic groups that have been dispersed into the Americas
>involuntarily< < <that is a fact, not an opinion)The
>disconnect is, a lot of Black people in America don't know the
>difference between ethnicity and nationality(<this is where
>the disconnect is).
>

Do they wanna be Black ? Do those on the islands and the continent of Africa embrace Black(as in: African, of the indigenous African
>ethnic groups that have been dispersed into the Americas
>involuntarily) ?

https://www.npr.org/2018/03/13/593272215/for-the-first-time-2020-census-will-ask-black-americans-about-their-exact-origin


>So when I say, Bruno is Black, I'm not talking about his
>nationality(you are), I'm talking about his ethnicity(of
>which, Bruno is poly-ethnic or multi-ethnic since he has
>African, Asian and European blood in him).
>
>

Does Bruno say he is Black ?