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2005-09-17 Home Front: Culture Wars

African Immigrants and new U.S. citizens question race-category label

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Posted by Anonymoose 2005-09-17 10:17|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Cause they despise the ghetto thug mentality. Ironically, they won't let their daughters date the current crop of raprican Americans.

Posted by Andy 2005-09-17 10:40|| 2005-09-17 10:40|| Front Page Top

#2 Good on 'em! Personally, I object to marking the "white" box on racist questionairres. I'm a proud European-American of British and Russian descent! "White" feels like an insulting generalization.

Posted by Scooter McGruder 2005-09-17 13:06|| 2005-09-17 13:06|| Front Page Top

#3 I absolutly refuse to answer that or check any box dealing with race.The few times people have tried to coerce me into filling that type of question out my next words were to the effect of"My race,religion,etc.it has absolutly no bearing on this.It shouldn't even be allowed to be asked.If you try to force me to fill it out I will sue your as tomorrow."

Posted by raptor 2005-09-17 14:21|| 2005-09-17 14:21|| Front Page Top

#4 A lot of PC organizations have a box for "Native American." Since I was born here, that's what I always check.

Unfortunately, official Federal government forms usually say "American Indian."

Posted by Jackal">Jackal 2005-09-17 14:25|| http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html]">[http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html] 2005-09-17 14:25|| Front Page Top

#5 "American" and "other" should be the only two available responses

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2005-09-17 15:30|| 2005-09-17 15:30|| Front Page Top

#6 I bet if they studied blacks that were born outside the US with those born inside they would find that the immigrants do far better than their American "Cousins." That's because they are programmed to feel like second class citizens by the "Black Leadership" in this country. EX: Colin Powell.

Posted by Cyber Sarge">Cyber Sarge 2005-09-17 19:38|| 2005-09-17 19:38|| Front Page Top

#7 There are a lot of African natives in the health care system. I've noticed anecdotally that there seems to be quite a bit of prejudice against them on the part of African-Americans. I've also noticed that while the first generation usually assimilates as well as any other immigrant group, their kids are under massive pressure to conform to low expectations in the school system.

I knew a very nice lady from Ghana who worked her kazou off to provide a good home for her two kids. The kids, last I saw of them, weren't worth the powder it'd take to blow them away. They were already street thugs.

Posted by Fred 2005-09-17 20:05|| 2005-09-17 20:05|| Front Page Top

#8 No bed, Cyber Sarge. The studies have already been done, and black immigrants do about as well as any other immigrants from the same area, and of course, both groups do far better than people who live in the "African-American" culture. Native blacks who reject the ghetto culture also do as well as whites.

Culture matters.

Posted by Jackal">Jackal 2005-09-17 20:50|| home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html]">[home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html] 2005-09-17 20:50|| Front Page Top

#9 Under "Race" write "Human" that should screw them up Royaly.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2005-09-17 22:35|| 2005-09-17 22:35|| Front Page Top

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