Your research is OK.
My question to you might seem foolish,but I would like you to give me the
correct answer without being biased.
As my belief the history of the Americas should be rewritten.
Therefore, who discovered America for the first time? Africans or Europeans?
HawKi meHari
At 04:34 PM 9/28/97 -0400, you wrote:
>Dear Azeib,
>
>Black American race?
>
>Please note the black people of the americas are descended from the Africans,
>brought over from Africa, during the slave trade.
>
>We are not so distinct another race from those in Africa. Descendants of
>many many scattered "tribes" including, not so few from east africa.
>
>So it should not be so so much of a stretch for those on the continent to
>date us.
>
>I think you are confusing race with nationality. Race with culture. African
>and American inter-dating? Inter-cultural, yes. American is a nationality,
>not a race. Black Americans are African, racially. Just as are the black
>people to be found all over the americas, from canada, to jamaica, to puerto
>rico, to brasil, to peru.
>
>Malcolm X made a very potent point about this issue (to paraphrase) "Just
>because a cat has kittens in the oven, that doesn't make them biscuits".
> Neither does a boat ride, change race.
>
>While I do understand, that some of you all of the "horn", may have a
>distinct preference for white americans, white europeans, whites in general,
>my point remains valid.
>
>
>nicole
>new jersey
>
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