The Term African American

[AKA_Monet]

Originally Posted by Sista

You as a black person of African decent, how do you define yourself?

Or shall I ask, with all that you know about who you are and where your roots mostly stem from, how do you define yourself?


Or, are you, or are you not a mjority of African blood? Or do you not really know?

I define my self as African, but I will accept African American as a defintion to describe who I am. I know for sure that the majority of my blood work is a drect Kin to Africa and Africans but I was born and raised in America.

I disagree with your tactics, but you are asking some poignant questions, something I had neglected to think about and I had forgotten.

In my opinion, for us, we are defined by our actions and educational accomplishments. With good works and higher advanced degrees sometimes those things will yield a small and minor self-definition. It is constant work because it is self-evolving.

Now, that won't stop ignant blonded weave wearing fat "gwirlfriend" up in the broke down with Black biracial badass "Bebe's Kids" working temporarily at Walmart who will still ask a "powerhouse sista" for her i-d-e-n-t-i-f-c-a-t-i-o-n on her $50,000 credit limited debit VISA card...

So, you have to take those things in stride, keep breathing...