sedatedeyes209 asked:


My bf said that their people are built for strength and speed but not on finesse. He said that they will never excel in these types of sports.
It took a halfbreed(?) to excel in golf. Tiger Woods is half Thai.

What do you think is the reason behind this? Do you agree with my boyfriend?

Melissa J asked:


yes, it totally ***** that the ancestors of us african-americans were slaves. but, everytime i hear people going on about how “for all you know, my ancestor could have been a king over in africa” it gets on my nerves. because no, our ancestors could NOT have been kings. most likely they were slaves in africa too. when america took slaves from africa, they didn’t kidnap them. they BOUGHT them from people who had already taken them as slaves. so, our ancestors were slaves over there too. this isn’t to say that we shouldn’t be proud of our african heritage–we should be. but i think we should stop going on and on about it. yes it ******. big time. but we’re free. our ancestors fought VERY hard for our freedom in this country and THAT’S what we should be proud of.

I know I’m giong to get a lot of flack for this question, but i’m honestly curious as to what other african-americans think

(I’m african-american, by the way)
bigdee: while a little harsh, you do have a point. i don’t really refer to myself as “african-american” (i mostly did so in this question to help quell the outburst that’s likely to happen). yes, i’m proud of my african heritage, but i’ve never been to africa, i couldn’t tell you which countries my ancestors came from (because it was multiple countries) and i consider myself american. i mean, it’s not like i want to go live in africa or anything. i like it here. i am full-blooded american and that’s all there is too it

tt_hot_gyal asked:


Why are people of African heritage/lineage/ethnicity in the world settling to be called black when there is no nation called blackland.Being African is my ancestry and since i am neither American nor born African i am Caribbean i am referred to as Afro Trinidadian as i am black and from Trinidad but what is Afro land ?.And is it a topic anyone cares about,if so will black people ever do anything about it. .Why are black people afraid to be called Africans. Whites are Caucasian,Asians are Asians but persons of African heritage are black doesnt it seem a tad discriminatory after all these years My people have no identity .

Mixed♥Beauty asked:


My question is: Isn’t this pretty common knowledge (thought in schools). I know I was thought it and even if you look at the diversity in the physical appearance, it should be obvious that African Americans are a mixed race of people. If you put a African-American (Black American) next to an indigenous West-African you will see a dramatic differences. African Americans are a mixture of African, White (Caucasian) and Native American bloodlines.

So with that said, why do people make such ****** statements, when African Americans have the same ancestry similar to them?

I would appreciate your comments. Thanks. (Please no negative answers).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_american (Definition)
The Willie Lynch Letter and the Making of a Slave (intentional race mixing)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0948390530/qid=1147494302/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/104-6151975-7739159?s=books&v=glance&n=283155
http://astro.temple.edu/~namorah/album.html (Black and Red)
Actually 70% of African Americans have Native Ancestry.
*source provided

Wolf asked:


So basically that word is exclusive to African Americans, so lets say my dad is black buy my mom is white and I am light skinned like my mother so can I say the N word to refer to other black people? I am technically black also.
This is just a scenario by the way.