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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SFC Dave Beran
Right. It's the divide and conquering mentality. If we start accepting people for who they are (Americans) instead of what they are (Black, Brown, White, Yellow, Red) then they can no longer divide us as a people.
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My answer is not on the list. I am going with I hope so. I am thinking just one or two more generations and we are going to be so mixed that brown will be a norm.
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I watched a video theorizing that 100 years from now, your thought will come true.
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SGT William Howell
SGT (Join to see) - I can only hope. While in both Iraq and Afghanistan it was painfully obvious that neither group had a sense of nationalism. They were not Iraqis or Afghans, but members of a tribe and that was where their loyalty lied. They did what they thought was good for their tribe and not what was good for their country. The one thing I can say about us is that no matter the color of our skin or where we live we accept each other as Americans. It is a step in the direction of seeing all of us as one group of people.
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I do not understand why some continue to hyphenate themselves. If that's the case, I am Irish-American. See, it doesn't make a difference. At the end of the day, we are all American. If you don't like it, then leave.
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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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Why not? Overseas we are the (ugly) American and to the enemy we are American
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In some places, there is truth to this. There are a few locations where we as blacks are favored over whites, though.
Hell, many Africans dislike us because they think we don't respect ourselves and our history.
Hell, many Africans dislike us because they think we don't respect ourselves and our history.
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PO1 John Crafton - Yeah, partly because of mass media and the other part is many don't respect themselves. Hard to command respect if you don't respect yourself. The majority has lost sight of the fact that everyone's actions affects everyone else.
They see us as ungrateful for the opportunities they wish they had.
They see us as ungrateful for the opportunities they wish they had.
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