Posted on Mar 19, 2017
Shooting in the dark, with political correctness going strong, could there come a time when I can simply select "American" as my ethnicity?
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Instead of "Black American", "African Descent", or "African American", how about "American?"
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I sure hope so. Much of the racial division is because we ourselves easily propagate it by dividing ourselves along the xxx-American line. (As opposed to assholes who just really hate other races).
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That's an unique way of putting it. Such assholes fall into two categories -
Racists against one or few other races or
Those who believe their race is simply superior because reasons - e.g. KKK and BLM+Melatonin argument
Racists against one or few other races or
Those who believe their race is simply superior because reasons - e.g. KKK and BLM+Melatonin argument
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SN Greg Wright
SGT (Join to see) - I'm not sure I was clear, so I'll try to be more so. The people I'm referring to with my second sentence there aren't the actual racists -- it's people who identify first as xxx-Americans. When you separate yourself out like that, you're the first crack in racial unity. (Collective you, of course). I wouldn't term those people assholes -- there's nothing wrong with being proud of your race (unless you're white, of course, *rolls his eyes*), but until we can all see each other as Americans first, then those cracks will remain. And the sad thing is is that that's the EASIEST part of the problem to fix imo.
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I found this audio recording by John Wayne which has a great message. It is about "The Hyphen". I think there is a great message that not only Americans but ...
SGT (Join to see) Right now, people seem to identify themselves by their "gender", "orientation", or "ethnicity" instead of nationality. People are also looking at news stories through the lens of identity politics as well. In order for choosing of just "American" to happen, we need a shift away from identity politics. John Wayne said it best, "There is nothing more divisive than a hyphen"
https://youtu.be/_fuzLTrwVbc
https://youtu.be/_fuzLTrwVbc
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I should have added that you are my brother no matter what. We can disagree about a lot but my brothers and sisters in arms are my family.
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