Why are blacks called African Americans?

mybike_yourface · Post by **mybike_yourface** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 9:16 pm

she's good. i'm pretty sure it's not me she has the problem with.

Norse · Post by **Norse** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 9:31 pm

mybike_yourface wrote:she's good. i'm pretty sure it's not me she has the problem with.

Unless she has prob with you having your wicked ways with various mammalian creatures...

Whiteberry · Post by **Whiteberry** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 11:06 pm

DAZMCFC wrote:
Whiteberry wrote:
joecoolfrog wrote:
Whiteberry wrote:
joecoolfrog wrote:You can always rely on red neck chicken salesman to start thought provoking,inteligent threads
Insults again? Boy, you are good.
British humour
I did put a smiley there !
Yes you did. LOL. By the way, I am not a red neck chicken salesman. I am a red neck chicken buyer. There is a difference.

when you buy them do you get to shagged them.

I'm sorry DAZMCFC, I'm an American and I am much too big to shag a chicken. But you just keep fantasizing there. Maybe some day you will get your chance.

LOL. Just joking there buddy.

joecoolfrog · Post by **joecoolfrog** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 3:01 am

Whiteberry wrote:
DAZMCFC wrote:
Whiteberry wrote:
joecoolfrog wrote:
Whiteberry wrote:
joecoolfrog wrote:You can always rely on red neck chicken salesman to start thought provoking,inteligent threads
Insults again? Boy, you are good.
British humour
I did put a smiley there !
Yes you did. LOL. By the way, I am not a red neck chicken salesman. I am a red neck chicken buyer. There is a difference.

when you buy them do you get to shagged them.
I'm sorry DAZMCFC, I'm an American and I am much too big to shag a chicken. But you just keep fantasizing there. Maybe some day you will get your chance.

LOL. Just joking there buddy.

Yeh but I bet you have a Turkey or two at Thanksgiving

diddle · Post by **diddle** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 4:50 am

they're not all called african americans are they?

i know a black person, and his name is david

Arbustos · Post by **Arbustos** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 5:07 am

diddle wrote:they're not all called african americans are they?

i know a black person, and his name is david

Me too!

Yeah, this was pointless.

diddle · Post by **diddle** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 6:04 am

Arbustos wrote:
diddle wrote:they're not all called african americans are they?

i know a black person, and his name is david
Me too!

Yeah, this was pointless.

but it was totally worth it

Norse · Post by **Norse** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 6:21 am

diddle wrote:they're not all called african americans are they?

i know a black person, and his name is david

I actually know a black person who is named "african american", the strange thing is that he is english

The1exile · Post by **The1exile** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 6:29 am

I suppose it's a talking point.

Malkithe · Post by **Malkithe** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 6:38 am

Except that Black is to African American as White is to Caucasian... both of the informal names are references to shades of skin color, while the PC names are references to supposed places of origin; The Caucasus are a real place!

Funny thing is that Caucasus derives from Greek and is a reference to the white ice caps of the mountains, while Africa is derived from Latin from the name of a king the Romans had early contact with.

Kaplowitz · Post by **Kaplowitz** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 10:25 am

Malkithe wrote:Except that Black is to African American as White is to Caucasian... both of the informal names are references to shades of skin color, while the PC names are references to supposed places of origin; The Caucasus are a real place!

Funny thing is that Caucasus derives from Greek and is a reference to the white ice caps of the mountains, while Africa is derived from Latin from the name of a king the Romans had early contact with.

yea, and black people first came to America from AFRICA.

Malkithe · Post by **Malkithe** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 11:56 am

Kaplowitz wrote:
Malkithe wrote:Except that Black is to African American as White is to Caucasian... both of the informal names are references to shades of skin color, while the PC names are references to supposed places of origin; The Caucasus are a real place!

Funny thing is that Caucasus derives from Greek and is a reference to the white ice caps of the mountains, while Africa is derived from Latin from the name of a king the Romans had early contact with.
yea, and black people first came to America from AFRICA.

I was just trying to point out to the author that every ethnic group has a name of origin, like African-American, Caucasian... So his question is really silly.