[Doc]

Originally posted by Deuces

It's not our faults.

That's whats so messy about it.

And then you got Caucasians talking about "Oh, I'm 50% English, 25% French, 12.5% German, and 12.5% Finnish. I'm ethnic too—I have some Cherokee blood. Grandpapa had a bit of an affair, hehe!" The nerve.

[Chemical X.]

I'm African-American... my maternal grandparents are from Georgia, my paternal granndmother is from Tennessee, and my paternal grandfather is supposedly mixed with Native American. My Dad is estranged from him so I guess I'll never really know

[RudeBoyy]

Originally posted by Deuces

It's not our faults.



You have some interesting ancestry. Do you have an accent? I just had to ask.

I don't. I can do a somewhat convincing Jamaican accent and my mother's accent is pretty much gone (she can still easily switch into patois). My dad on the other hand still has the thickest accent 41 years later it's hilarious.

[BLaCKPoWeR]

Originally posted by MP2K

What part of Africa are yall families from?

How would we know that?

Even if I did possess that knowledge, I do not identify with any African cultures. I was born and raised in America. I speak English. My last name is English. I'm a baptist. I eat fried chicken. I listen to R&B and Hip-Hop. We have a totally different cultural identity.

[Doc]

Originally posted by BLaCKPoWeR

Even if I did possess that knowledge, I do not identify with any African cultures. I was born and raised in America. I speak English. My last name is English. I'm a baptist. I eat fried chicken. I listen to R&B and Hip-Hop. We have a totally different cultural identity.

I hate when people talk like that. It's so... sad.

[BLaCKPoWeR]

Hmm, my parents are from New York.

My mom's dad was from South Carolina and her mom was from New York. My dad's dad was from... ...Missouri or Michigan, and his mom is from New York.
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@Doc, what? Ain't nothing African about me except my ancestors... ...and physical appearance. African-American and African are two different things.

[jeeriz]

Originally posted by BLaCKPoWeR

We have a totally different cultural identity.

Not so sure about that...

[Jameson Teqkilla]

I'm Irish, Scottish, and German

[Kitt]

Oh HEY, been awhile.

My estranged father's African American (from what I know) and my mother's Mexican American. It's been assumed there's Native American lineage on her fathers side, but we've never looked into it. Which is sad because all it takes is one quick look at her to tell.

[Deuces]

Originally posted by Doc

That's whats so messy about it.

And then you got Caucasians talking about "Oh, I'm 50% English, 25% French, 12.5% German, and 12.5% Finnish. I'm ethnic too—I have some Cherokee blood. Grandpapa had a bit of an affair, hehe!" The nerve.

Ugh. **** them.

Originally posted by RudeBoyy

I don't. I can do a somewhat convincing Jamaican accent and my mother's accent is pretty much gone (she can still easily switch into patois). My dad on the other hand still has the thickest accent 41 years later it's hilarious.

Oh ok. And omg, that's funny.

[Doc]

Originally posted by jeeriz

Not so sure about that...

Exactly. African-American culture owes SO much to African culture by way of slave culture. Go learn about the history of the Blues for one, Clark. I cannot STAND it when African-Americans put down African culture.

Originally posted by J. YONCÉ

I'm Irish, Scottish, and German

Exactly what I was just talking about.

[BLaCKPoWeR]

Originally posted by Doc

Exactly. African-American culture owes SO much to African culture by way of slave culture. Go learn about the history of the Blues for one, Clark. I cannot STAND it when African-Americans put down African culture.

Exactly what I was just talking about.

We'll obviously, African-American culture takes A LOT from West African cultures , but it is still very different because it's more Europeanized and of course Americanized.

I'm not putting down anyone's culture. I love all my Black brothers and sisters.

[Deuces]

Older African men irritate me. This one taxi driver tried to kill me when I was crossing the street. If I was not a christian boy, I would have key'd his car and lit that **** on fire. This one substitute tried to shade me because I'm a Chem assistant and he thought I was just some random hoodlum interrupting class.

Originally posted by J. YONCÉ

I'm Irish, Scottish, and German

You're part drunkard, part bagpipe, and part Nazi. Cool.

[Chemical X.]

There are strong similarities throughout the entire African Diaspora. We (African-Americans) probably have more in common with Africans than the white people here in the States. Thank God some of our traditions stayed with us through slavery. I like that we all have a kinship

[BLaCKPoWeR]

If you asked Castro what his ethnicity was, he'd tell you he was Jamaican. If you asked Kunty, he'd say he was Trinidadian. If you asked me, I would say I'm American. Of course we're all
African and very similar, but we do have some obvious differences.

[Jameson Teqkilla]

One part of my family tree stretches right back to the Mayflower

[theo.]

Originally posted by BLaCKPoWeR

Even if I did possess that knowledge, I do not identify with any African cultures. I was born and raised in America. I speak English. My last name is English. I'm a baptist. I eat fried chicken. I listen to R&B and Hip-Hop. We have a totally different cultural identity.

I'm a Brit-Jamaican that moved to the US when I was young.

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Pastors always have some of the craziest **** going on behind the scenes.

[MCBeth]

Originally posted by Big Smoke

A Beyonce class must teach you how to come to the logic of spending 300 dollars on a concert over feeding your children.

A Beyonce class must teach you how to properly set a rainbow colored weave

A Beyonce class must teach you how to hate men

A Beyonce class must be a substitute for a GED, since most BeyHive members dont have one.

A Beyonce class must teach you how to buy her albums using food stamps.

Why are you not a moderator yet?

Originally posted by RudeBoyy

Welp it's kinda the same for me. If I wanted to know past my great grandparents I'd have to go to Jamaica and Ethiopia and literally talk to everyone and the other to get all the tea.

You're not Ethiopian. We all know you're Eritrean, so don't even try.

Originally posted by Doc

That's whats so messy about it.

And then you got Caucasians talking about "Oh, I'm 50% English, 25% French, 12.5% German, and 12.5% Finnish. I'm ethnic too—I have some Cherokee blood. Grandpapa had a bit of an affair, hehe!" The nerve.

Stop making fun of me. Just because I'm whiter than you doesn't mean I should be taunted.

Originally posted by RudeBoyy

I don't. I can do a somewhat convincing Jamaican accent and my mother's accent is pretty much gone (she can still easily switch into patois). My dad on the other hand still has the thickest accent 41 years later it's hilarious.

I love how Ethiopians speak English like it's Amharic. What other languages besides Amharic and English does your dad speak? If he speaks Tigrina, then he was probably born on the border of Tigray Region and Eritrea which would explain why he might be mixed with Italian. When they (Italians) briefly conquered Northern Ethiopia (now known as Eritrea ), they often had kids. This is not to say that your dad couldn't be from any other region but that region is where it commonly happened.

[theo.]

Actually, make that Jamaican-Brit. It sounds better.

My entire family is of Jamaican descent, everyone but my dad was born in England.

[RudeBoyy]

Originally posted by MCBeth

I love how Ethiopians speak English like it's Amharic. What other languages besides Amharic and English does your dad speak? If he speaks Tigrina, then he was probably born on the border of Tigray Region and Eritrea which would explain why he might be mixed with Italian. When they (Italians) briefly conquered Northern Ethiopia (now known as Eritrea ), they often had kids. This is not to say that your dad couldn't be from any other region but that region is where it commonly happened.

I just asked him if he or any of his relatives spoke Tigrina and he was like:



so idk. I knew when he lived there he was in the capital, but that's it.