If there's African American,what do we call the white Americans? "What about the Native" Americans Whos native
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We call ourselves Native becuase the Creator put us here, not anywhere else.  The whole Bering Straight thing is BS.  We are smart enough to know where we are from-its no mystery to us.\n\nIf your descendants are Native to Europe, then youre European.  Asia, then Asian.  You people came from somewhere and it wasn't here, so do some research.  if you just dont know, fine, call yourself Native American and see how that works out for you.  I bet you'll find it dosent work out too good.  Most Indians I know prefer to go by our first names anyway.
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There has never been A ONE UNIFIED GROUP WHO IDENTIFIED THEMSELVES BY THE TERM BLACK that's a European Racist creation. Dealing with mankind on the basics of skin color is the doctrine of the devil.\n\nIn Order to deny the truth, they created a lie. They took one indigenous tribe in Africa who still had traditional or what they call primitive culture and said this is how ALL black skin people are.  They all wear plates in the lips, swing from trees, don't have a written language etc.\n\nBy doing this they said the ancient Egyptians, Ethiopians, Hebrews, couldn't have been black, because they could write and build great things, so they lumped all black skin people together and called us African, black, and Negroes. They called the Egyptians, Ethiopians and Hebrews, white. Even though as scripture tells us the Egyptians & Ethiopians were brothers both descendants of Ham. The name Ethiopia means burnt or black face.\n\nToday you have so called black scholars using the same terminology the gentiles racist created in order to deceive us.\n\nYou have been fooled into thinking you have made progress because you refer to yourself as African or black, instead of Negro, or nigger. You have not made any progress,  calling yourself black and African is the same as calling yourself Negro and Nigger. They are all bywords and proverbs they still don't explain who you are. The people on the continent of Africa don't buy into the Gentile racist doctrine of all being one nation because we all have similar skin color. They see themselves as different nations and always have.\n\nWhen you call yourself black what does that mean? What is a black? Black does not constitute a nationality or culture. It is something that was created to keep you ignorant of your true Identity. Every man on earth is describe by his nation (Nationality), Chinese are people from China, Irish are people from Ireland, Polish are people from Poland, Mexicans are People from Mexico, Blacks are people from where? Black is a word that should be used to describe a noun. A black car, black skin, black hair, black book etc.  When you use black nationalist what does that describe?\n\nBut what is the true nationality, language, religion and culture of the so called African Americans tell me if you can?
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There were called the Kansez Indians.\n-MM
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If you mean American Indians (Native Americans), they are their own race.  They are probably descended from Asians.\n\nIf you mean Asian Indians, they are Asians, particularly, South Asians.
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This is one of the great flaws in labeling people, especially using politically correct terms.\n\nLogically, if someone with Irish ancestors is an "Irish-American", and someone with Italian ancestors is "Italian-American", then someone with white ancestors from South Africa is "African-American".\n\nMy friend Janus is very dark skinned, but was born in England to family from the carribean. Nothing sets her off like calling her an African-American. She'll tell you quite properly that she's English!!\n\nI have no idea what to call my friend who was born in India, raised in Tanzania, Toronto and New Jersey, and now lives in San Francisco. Perhaps "Well travelled" is the best description!
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This is an confusing issue, indeed. Just because a person is from Africa does not mean that they are African American. The term African-American is specifically for blacks born in America who are from black African decent (the Negroid race). The term is not used for Caucasian or Mongoloid people from African nor for blacks who were born in Africa.
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Politically correct .....Hmmmmm\n\nI agree that they should be called by whatever they call themselves, the settlers took their land (eventually) let us not take their birthright. We are Americans because we live in America. If the earliest settlers called the land Downtown we would be downtowners.. Since we are new in this land, having left our "homeland" ....let me simplify this..\n\nAccepted - this is America, good ole USA (right or wrong)\n\n Say an Englander moves here for permanant living. He legally becomes a citizen. He is not an English American, he is American. A person from Asia moves here and legally becomes a citizen, they are now American, not Asian American. If I was to leave USA and move to another country and become a citizen, say Canada. I would then be Canadian, not American Canadian.\nAnd as such should learn that country's ways, language and way of living. \nIf people did away with this horth thit of attaching another country to their name and live as one in the country that is theirs, all would be better...VOTE FOR ME IN 2008 (Just Kidding)
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do your own homework.\nalso... you might get docked for not calling them native americans.
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Funny, I thought about that too. Not only are there people of European descent in Africa but most north Africans (Berbers and Arabs) are classified as 'white' too. I wish we could get rid of all the racial labels and just be HUMAN. Also, some East Indian and Native Americans are as dark as or darker than 'black' people. Racial labels are stupid.
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I'm also a white African and I also don't understand that. I have more African roots than most of the black African Americans, my family tree goes back 400 years. When I meet black people that's European they never call themselves African Europeans, so why do they do that in the USA. Personally I think it's causes division between different races. I thought we were trying to stop race separation, because it causes racism.
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Are you talking about people from India or Native Americans
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FIRST THANK YOU. The Indians were not Native to America. Evolution has it that everyone came from Africa. do we know that as fact? No. But that is getting off the question. Thank you again for clarifying that Indians are not native.
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If we must be addressed by race(instead of our given names), i prefer to be known as S'Klallam, Chippewa-Cree(turtle mountain)..or indigenous, native (no american)...it depends on the person. My elders call themselves "indian", because that's what they grew up knowing themselves as...but in my years of schooling, it went from "indian" to "american indian" to "native american" to "native" to "indigenous", every one was so scared to get it wrong, that it kept changing,...so as long as people aren't yelling racial slurs my way, it's all good! ;) Check out www.rednationware.com it's tight!
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the answer is 0...There are some black americans. but technically they are not "african americans"...an african american is born in africa and then migrates to the usa....a black american is born here.....if this wasn't true, it would make me a german, irish, english, indian american.....but im not...im a white american...
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I have heard many white/Caucasian Americans call themselves Irish-American, or Italian-American etc.  It's just the fact that as the "Melting pot" we feel like we have to have an extra identifier.\n\nBecause of the negative connotation with the word Black I preferred African American, until I went to Africa.  That experience taught me how truly American I am.  African American is a huge misnomer.\n\nSo I prefer American, but if you must be specific Black or Brown.
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DUDE ARE YOU SERIOUS?  if you are white you shouldnt be calling anyone nigga. anyway a nigga is a word some african americans use to refer to their friends
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Native Americans make up about 1% of the U.S. population.  This includes Alaskan Inuits (Eskimos).