The Term African American

[Sista]

Originally Posted by laylo

No, I said "other posters", not "every poster". And there was no implication in any of my posts that you were the only one doing anything..

Originally Posted by laylo

We are talking about the basic ways in which people understand racial categories and the fact that such things as racial categories were invented

Who is we?

Originally Posted by laylo

Again, I did not say your statements were inappropriate for this thread, I explained that your responses to me included incorrect interpretations of my statements.

Okay, gotcha, gotcha. My impression of you is that you did think that what I was discussing was out of bounds with the idea of social construction but you won't admit to that so let's just drop it and move on. I'm not going to change and from the looks of it neither are you.


Desperately attempting to redirect:

What do people in this discussion think about British settlers who by their own will, settled in South Africa? They were and still are racist against the black people who were already there, that being the black indigenous South Africans.

Those British people for the purposes of political reasons, as well as for many other underlining reasons, they are fighting for the right to become as South African as the real South Africans. They are fighting to be referred to as South Africans. This very same thing happened to the Aboriginals of Australia.

How does the above relate to this idea of "social constructs, social construction?"

[laylo]

Originally Posted by Sista

Who is we?

"We" was me, DSTRen13, and DSTCHAOS.

Originally Posted by Sista

Okay, gotcha, gotcha. My impression of you is that you did think that what I was discussing was out of bounds with the idea of social construction but you won't admit to that so let's just drop it and move on. I'm not going to change and from the looks of it neither are you.

I've "admitted" several times that that's what I think. However I did not indicate that the social construction of race was the only topic to be discussed in this thread.

Best wishes on GC.

[7thSonofOsiris]

Originally Posted by laylo

"We" was me, DSTRen13, and DSTCHAOS.





I've "admitted" several times that that's what I think. However I did not indicate that the social construction of race was the only topic to be discussed in this thread.

Best wishes on GC.

Laylo,

Why are ya'll playing with this clown? She clearly knows nothing, and she has no idea what she's talking about. I read all of her post and realized that I was wasting my time in doing so. She doesn't know the difference between African Americans, South Afrikkaners, or true Africans. Why would she? Clearly, she has never been expected to know the differences in these nomenclatures that define nothing more than geographical states of existence, and the ethnigroups that live according to the placings of these names. She's probably not a full blown racist, but moreso, a closet one. As a matter of fact, Sista is probably a dude, faking to be female. Don't waste your time Laylo.

7th

[DSTCHAOS]

Exactly.

[1908Revelations]

Originally Posted by 7thSonofOsiris

Laylo,

Why are ya'll playing with this clown? She clearly knows nothing, and she has no idea what she's talking about..... As a matter of fact, Sista is probably a dude, faking to be female. Don't waste your time Laylo.

7th

Sometimes the topic may get the person involved or it is just the troll. I know I let a troll or two get under my skin before. Laylo knows that person is not worth the time.

[7thSonofOsiris]

Originally Posted by 1908Revelations

Sometimes the topic may get the person involved or it is just the troll. I know I let a troll or two get under my skin before. Laylo knows that person is not worth the time.

1908Revelations,

I see and I dig that. To school her/him through his/her apparent sophomoric understanding is brilliant. Good deal.

7th

[laylo]

When someone misunderstands something that I do understand or says things about me that are untrue, I'm inclined to clarify. But I do know that you have to choose your battles and I agree that in this case I should not have bothered. I just got caught up. I'll do better in the future.

[1908Revelations]

Originally Posted by laylo

When someone misunderstands something that I do understand or says things about me that are untrue, I'm inclined to clarify. But I do know that you have to choose your battles and I agree that in this case I should not have bothered. I just got caught up. I'll do better in the future.

Soror I was just telling 7th about how I was livid about a thread in our Ave about dating and how I was mighty P.O.ed!! There is nothing wrong with clarifying what you meant.

BTW....I love your siggy

[Sista]

Originally Posted by laylo

"We" was me, DSTRen13, and DSTCHAOS..

That's what I thought it meant.

Originally Posted by laylo

" I've "admitted" several times that that's what I think. However I did not indicate that the social construction of race was the only topic to be discussed in this thread.

Best wishes on GC.

Then you would not have to make it a point to point out what you and someone else was discussing. Particularly, when it was you who first approached me after I made a contribution to this topic which you so happened to disagree with. I was not the one who initially approached you with a rebuttal and then turned around and made it a point to mention that me and others were talking about such and such.

Now, best wishes to you