Associated Press will capitalise 'Black' but not 'white'

[Jimmy Higgins]

Black, generally, is not divisible.

You think that? Wow.

I make a fully contexted post, and you misquote me like that? WTF man?!

 

[Emily Lake]

In general, white is a clump of a lot of divisible idenities (Irish, Scottish, Serbia, Slovenian, Trump). Black, generally, is not divisible. Now, you might then mention Asian, but I'd need you to stop yourself because Asian is quite divisible as well, and I wouldn't be able to explain the distinction then.

How are you figuring that black is not divisible? I mean, they don't actually all look alike, you know. And there are a LOT of cultures throughout the world that are composed of dark-skinned people, with a considerable variation in tradition and social mores. Even with in the US, there is a lot of diversity around people who have Haitian, Jamaican, or Creole heritage, not to mention relatively recent immigrant populations from various African countries, who have brought their rich cultures with them.

Hell, if nothing else, a predominantly black community in Mississippi is quite distinct from a community in Chicago, or in Harlem, or in LA.

Okay, you are aware of American history and the context my comments were clearly aimed at, and that being African American generally means you have no idea where from Africa you are from?

Most white folks in American have no idea what parts of Europe their ancestry are from. And yet you treat white people as being "divisible" in American in some fashion, while ignoring the diversity of experiences and heritages among black people in the US.

Yes, there is a shared history among many black americans that is shaped by a history of racism. But the idea that Creole is not a divisible unit within that grouping is laughable, and it ignores a fairly significant bit of history and culture.

 

[ruby sparks]

Black, generally, is not divisible.

You think that? Wow.

I make a fully contexted post, and you misquote me like that? WTF man?!

For starters, black American is not necessarily African American, and even when it is, knowledge of which country or culture they came from is often known, either through DNA testing or because they or their family emigrated rather than were enslaved from the African continent, and even those most of those know they are probably of West African, mostly Yoruba descent.

There are apparently 300,000 Nigerian Americans for example, and more than that number of Jamaican Americans in New York alone, and another quarter of a million in Florida.

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

Okay, you are aware of American history and the context my comments were clearly aimed at, and that being African American generally means you have no idea where from Africa you are from?

Most white folks in American have no idea what parts of Europe their ancestry are from. And yet you treat white people as being "divisible" in American in some fashion, while ignoring the diversity of experiences and heritages among black people in the US.

Yes, there is a shared history among many black americans that is shaped by a history of racism. But the idea that Creole is not a divisible unit within that grouping is laughable, and it ignores a fairly significant bit of history and culture.

Some people seem desperate to manufacture an argument.

 

[Emily Lake]

Okay, you are aware of American history and the context my comments were clearly aimed at, and that being African American generally means you have no idea where from Africa you are from?

Most white folks in American have no idea what parts of Europe their ancestry are from. And yet you treat white people as being "divisible" in American in some fashion, while ignoring the diversity of experiences and heritages among black people in the US.

Yes, there is a shared history among many black americans that is shaped by a history of racism. But the idea that Creole is not a divisible unit within that grouping is laughable, and it ignores a fairly significant bit of history and culture.

Some people seem desperate to manufacture an argument.

Hey man, I'm not the one who effectively said that all black people are the same...