What I mean is that if YOU want to identify as African because humanity originated in Africa then go right ahead, I won't argue. That's what I mean by "if that works for you". I would feel kind of horrible taking away someone's identity and unique experiences as an African (ex. Kenyan, Nigerian, Zimbabwean, Ghanian, etc...) by saying that I was also African because my ridiculously distant background stems from there - even though I've never been a part of the culture, spoken any languages from there, or even stepped on African soil. On another note, why would you want someone to call themselves African if they are extremely proud of their Japanese heritage? Or Indian? Or Polish? Or native American? I'm pretty sure any one of them will not happily agree if you tried to convince them to call themselves African because of an extremely distant heritage. On that note, should we also call ourselves bacteria instead of human, because we originated from that at some point? If calling yourself African because of a distant heritage works for you, then do it. I'm fully aware that science says that all human beings stem from Africa, but what I'm saying is that it doesn't work for me to identify that way because it feels inappropriate for me to do, so please don't try to tell me what I mean.
I hope you got that now that I've dumbed it down a little.
It's "Black people" goddammit!
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Because race + culture can be very important to some people's identity, you don't want to erase that.
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Actually science informs us that we all most likely originated from Africa.
So I'm African/World :) That's my identity ;)
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That sounds pretty awesome if that works for you!
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Not me. ALL humans.
So YOU are African too. I hope that works for you!
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K you clearly didn't get what I meant but whatever.
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I tend to 'get' what people mean then turn it back around onto them ;)
You meant that if my mind thinks that way, then that's just me not you!
I replied that ALL people should think that way, including you.
I hope you got that now I've dumbed it down a little :D
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What I mean is that if YOU want to identify as African because humanity originated in Africa then go right ahead, I won't argue. That's what I mean by "if that works for you". I would feel kind of horrible taking away someone's identity and unique experiences as an African (ex. Kenyan, Nigerian, Zimbabwean, Ghanian, etc...) by saying that I was also African because my ridiculously distant background stems from there - even though I've never been a part of the culture, spoken any languages from there, or even stepped on African soil. On another note, why would you want someone to call themselves African if they are extremely proud of their Japanese heritage? Or Indian? Or Polish? Or native American? I'm pretty sure any one of them will not happily agree if you tried to convince them to call themselves African because of an extremely distant heritage. On that note, should we also call ourselves bacteria instead of human, because we originated from that at some point? If calling yourself African because of a distant heritage works for you, then do it. I'm fully aware that science says that all human beings stem from Africa, but what I'm saying is that it doesn't work for me to identify that way because it feels inappropriate for me to do, so please don't try to tell me what I mean.
I hope you got that now that I've dumbed it down a little.