African American

[BlackSnake]

I am an African American. Who else here is an African American?

 

[cantdog]

Not I. And in fact, in the genealogy thread, "What's your heritage?" I don't recall seeing one respond.

You may be a rarity in the AH community.

cantdog

 

[BlackSnake]

Not I. And in fact, in the genealogy thread, "What's your heritage?" I don't recall seeing one respond.

You may be a rarity in the AH community.

cantdog

I'm really not trying to be facetious. I'd like to know who is African American in this forum.

 

[BlackShanglan]

*nods* Didn't take it as fascetious myself; just didn't see much response.

I'm sure I've read some stories where I thought that the characters were African-American. I'm trying to remember now. I think there was a vampire one?

Sorry. It's been too long. My feeble brain is not supporting me.

Shanglan

 

[Couture]

*nods* Didn't take it as fascetious myself; just didn't see much response.

I'm sure I've read some stories where I thought that the characters were African-American. I'm trying to remember now. I think there was a vampire one?

Sorry. It's been too long. My feeble brain is not supporting me.

Shanglan

I read one too. His mother trains him to be a pimp. Oh yeah, and she named him Whoreson. He pimps and then he falls in love. It was a pretty good story.

Wasn't the vampire story called "Blade"?

 

[cantdog]

I wasn't being facetious; I meant every word. I really don't know of any others offhand. Some post so rarely, like Raging Whoremoans, that one can say little about them at all.

There's Renza and Destinie, of course.

Other than that, I really can't think of a one.

 

[BlackSnake]

I'm use to being the only African American in the crowd, but usually I'm able to see that I am. I'm just curious. I actually had someone to tell me that they thought that I was white, meeting them for the first time. It was another African American. After a five minute conversation, I found that he often found himself in the same situation as I.

 

[cloudy]

Not African American, but another minority, anyway. And, I'm brown, even.

*waves*

 

[BlackSnake]

I read one too. His mother trains him to be a pimp. Oh yeah, and she named him Whoreson. He pimps and then he falls in love. It was a pretty good story.

Wasn't the vampire story called "Blade"?

I've written a few like "MAMA’S LITTLE BOY", which I included in my paperback "Body Heat". I've written a couple of other stories about African American.

 

[BlackSnake]

Not African American, but another minority, anyway. And, I'm brown, even.

*waves*

I wasn't trying to start a club or anything like that, but most days I see less than 5 African Americans, and I wondered if there were any here.

 

[cantdog]

I'm a little brown, since I just got back from the tropics. But it doesn't count.

Maine is the whitest stae in the country, demographically, or close to it. I have a s little contact with African culture as anyone you'll meet.

But I'll wave, anyway.

 

[BlackSnake]

So, I'm not in this boat by myself, then. I was thinking of driving into downtown Atlanta, so I could see African Americans. Oh, and Atlanta supposed to be the black meca...

 

[minsue]

So, I'm not in this boat by myself, then. I was thinking of driving into downtown Atlanta, so I could see African Americans. Oh, and Atlanta supposed to be the black meca...

Sorry, hun. Des & Renza are the only other African Americans that I know of here, either, and they haven't been around much any more.

 

[BlackSnake]

Sorry, hun. Des & Renza are the only other African Americans that I know of here, either, and they haven't been around much any more.

I was just curious anyways.

 

[cloudy]

My daughter's about a third or so African American....I think. It's really hard to figure out the heritage on both sides - tangled isn't even the word for it.

 

[BlackSnake]

My daughter's about a third or so African American....I think. It's really hard to figure out the heritage on both sides - tangled isn't even the word for it.

As long as she is happy, nothing else really matters

 

[cloudy]

As long as she is happy, nothing else really matters

Kinda what I thought. I've never even bothered to figure it all out, to be honest. Haven't had any reason to, I guess. She's smart as all get out, and gorgeous, and has her head on right, and that's what counts.

 

[BlackSnake]

Kinda what I thought. I've never even bothered to figure it all out, to be honest. Haven't had any reason to, I guess. She's smart as all get out, and gorgeous, and has her head on right, and that's what counts.

Yes indeed, proud mother

 

[BlackSnake]

Sorry, hun. Des & Renza are the only other African Americans that I know of here, either, and they haven't been around much any more.

I did think that there was more African American women here, though.

 

[Liar]

I did think that there was more African American women here, though.

One (judging by the AV) passed by a week or so ago, posted some and then got bored with ut. I can't remember her name though.

 

[minsue]

One (judging by the AV) passed by a week or so ago, posted some and then got bored with ut. I can't remember her name though.

A Pet 4 You (I think?) posts in Abstrutions sometimes. Darn, I wish I could remember her name. I can picture her AV.

 

[stingray61]

I've seen a couple of African American women here but I can't remember the nics right off hand. No offense and this is a legitimate question. Why can't you just be American. I mean have you been connected to Africa recently? I'm Irish and Choctaw myself among other things but I rarely consider myself anything but American since I have no very recent connection with either race. I mean we are where we live mostly aren't we? We are products of the societies in which we live whether good or not.

 

[BlackSnake]

I've seen a couple of African American women here but I can't remember the nics right off hand. No offense and this is a legitimate question. Why can't you just be American. I mean have you been connected to Africa recently? I'm Irish and Choctaw myself among other things but I rarely consider myself anything but American since I have no very recent connection with either race. I mean we are where we live mostly aren't we? We are products of the societies in which we live whether good or not.

Yes, your question is legitimate. I get subtle and sometime not so subtle reminders everyday that I am different than the people around me. It doesn’t make me bitter, only aware. I am not merely an American, but a classification or subtype of American as seen by my peers, neighbors, friends, and family. In an acknowledgement, in which I am not afraid of, I chose the most correct description of my subtype; African. I am a descendant of Africans brought to America to perform labor. When I use the term black, the prefix of my username here, I am referring to the Webster’s dictionary definition: Evil; Wicked; Cheerless; depressing; gloomy; Being or characterized by morbid or grimly satiric humor; Marked by anger or sullenness; disaster; calamitous; Deserving of, indicating, or incurring censure or dishonor. I choose not to recognize my particular subtype of American with such a term or other terms that could be interpreted as less flattering.

I start my day being only the son of my father with the name given to me by my mother, until individuals recognizes that I am visually different from them and seek to communicate with in a perceived cultural dialect, “Whaz up, my man, my brother.” It is clear to me that the individuals are not being mean spirited, and they only wish to extend a warm greeting. It is clear to me that the individuals recognizes that there are differences between our American subtypes. It matters little that I was not raised in a ghetto or slum, or that the police did not show up in the neighborhood where I grew up, not out of fear, but because there was no crimes being committed that needed investigating.

It is because of the visual differences among Americans that I am not a mere American, but a subtype I choose to call African American.

 

[yui]

Yes, your question is legitimate. I get subtle and sometime not so subtle reminders everyday that I am different than the people around me. It doesn’t make me bitter, only aware. I am not merely an American, but a classification or subtype of American as seen by my peers, neighbors, friends, and family. In an acknowledgement, in which I am not afraid of, I chose the most correct description of my subtype; African. I am a descendant of Africans brought to America to perform labor. When I use the term black, the prefix of my username here, I am referring to the Webster’s dictionary definition: Evil; Wicked; Cheerless; depressing; gloomy; Being or characterized by morbid or grimly satiric humor; Marked by anger or sullenness; disaster; calamitous; Deserving of, indicating, or incurring censure or dishonor. I choose not to recognize my particular subtype of American with such a term or other terms that could be interpreted as less flattering.

I start my day being only the son of my father with the name given to me by my mother, until individuals recognizes that I am visually different from them and seek to communicate with in a perceived cultural dialect, “Whaz up, my man, my brother.” It is clear to me that the individuals are not being mean spirited, and they only wish to extend a warm greeting. It is clear to me that the individuals recognizes that there are differences between our American subtypes. It matters little that I was not raised in a ghetto or slum, or that the police did not show up in the neighborhood where I grew up, not out of fear, but because there was no crimes being committed that needed investigating.

It is because of the visual differences among Americans that I am not a mere American, but a subtype I choose to call African American.

Well said, BlackSnake.

 

[cloudy]

Yes, your question is legitimate. I get subtle and sometime not so subtle reminders everyday that I am different than the people around me. It doesn’t make me bitter, only aware. I am not merely an American, but a classification or subtype of American as seen by my peers, neighbors, friends, and family. In an acknowledgement, in which I am not afraid of, I chose the most correct description of my subtype; African. I am a descendant of Africans brought to America to perform labor. When I use the term black, the prefix of my username here, I am referring to the Webster’s dictionary definition: Evil; Wicked; Cheerless; depressing; gloomy; Being or characterized by morbid or grimly satiric humor; Marked by anger or sullenness; disaster; calamitous; Deserving of, indicating, or incurring censure or dishonor. I choose not to recognize my particular subtype of American with such a term or other terms that could be interpreted as less flattering.

I start my day being only the son of my father with the name given to me by my mother, until individuals recognizes that I am visually different from them and seek to communicate with in a perceived cultural dialect, “Whaz up, my man, my brother.” It is clear to me that the individuals are not being mean spirited, and they only wish to extend a warm greeting. It is clear to me that the individuals recognizes that there are differences between our American subtypes. It matters little that I was not raised in a ghetto or slum, or that the police did not show up in the neighborhood where I grew up, not out of fear, but because there was no crimes being committed that needed investigating.

It is because of the visual differences among Americans that I am not a mere American, but a subtype I choose to call African American.

*standing ovation*

Like you, not only am I an American, I'm also part of a subculture. I'm not quite as "different" (for lack of a better word, babe....no harm meant) as some, but I've seen my differences in the eyes of others....I'm too "white" for many in my native subculture, yet I'm too "brown" to the white tourists when I'm at the large powwows with my native friends.

*shrug*

To answer you, Stingray...

yep, I'm an American, one of the original Americans, and my culture is important to me. The way you choose to live your life is your business, but I'm not going to sweep thousands of years of culture under the carpet, and just forget about it like it's yesterday's trash.