Comments on: The Downfall of Black People…Ourselves. As Exposed by President Obama. http://differentwaytothink.com/index.php/2009/01/25/the-downfall-of-black-peopleourselves-as-exposed-by-president-obama/ I just have a different way of thinking about things... Sun, 09 Oct 2011 23:50:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: admin http://differentwaytothink.com/index.php/2009/01/25/the-downfall-of-black-peopleourselves-as-exposed-by-president-obama/comment-page-1/#comment-9 admin Mon, 02 Feb 2009 08:56:11 +0000 http://55387748-6044-480b-8db3-aeede11fd35b#comment-9 I agree. That's why I call us Americans. It may have been fine to be called African American when the slaves got here, but really. There is no Africa in our culture. We are just American. Most of us wouldn't last a day in Africa. I agree. That’s why I call us Americans. It may have been fine to be called African American when the slaves got here, but really. There is no Africa in our culture. We are just American. Most of us wouldn’t last a day in Africa.

]]> By: admin http://differentwaytothink.com/index.php/2009/01/25/the-downfall-of-black-peopleourselves-as-exposed-by-president-obama/comment-page-1/#comment-8 admin Mon, 02 Feb 2009 08:55:54 +0000 http://55387748-6044-480b-8db3-aeede11fd35b#comment-8 Debbie wrote: I have an adopted son from Ethiopia. He is confused as to why blacks in this country claim to be African American. He was born in Africa then got his citizenship here at 18 years old. He is really African American. Should each group insist on a prefix according to generations long past that immigrated to this country? Should I insist on being called an Irish American because three generations ago, my family came to this country. My son insists that all blacks are not African American, but either African or American. Most have never been to Africa. There is enough division in this country and the insistence of some to be called "African American" is both divisive and not accurate. Each and every citizen of this country have roots and history from another. We all trace back to immigrants. I must agree with my son. If you were born in Africa, you are an African American. If not, you are an American. Debbie wrote:
I have an adopted son from Ethiopia. He is confused as to why blacks in this country claim to be African American. He was born in Africa then got his citizenship here at 18 years old. He is really African American. Should each group insist on a prefix according to generations long past that immigrated to this country? Should I insist on being called an Irish American because three generations ago, my family came to this country. My son insists that all blacks are not African American, but either African or American. Most have never been to Africa. There is enough division in this country and the insistence of some to be called “African American” is both divisive and not accurate. Each and every citizen of this country have roots and history from another. We all trace back to immigrants. I must agree with my son. If you were born in Africa, you are an African American. If not, you are an American.

]]> By: admin http://differentwaytothink.com/index.php/2009/01/25/the-downfall-of-black-peopleourselves-as-exposed-by-president-obama/comment-page-1/#comment-7 admin Mon, 02 Feb 2009 08:55:26 +0000 http://55387748-6044-480b-8db3-aeede11fd35b#comment-7 Thanks for the link. Its good to know I'm not alone in this world, although it definitely seems so these days. Now if there was just some sort of internet nexus for the black conservative. Thanks for the link. Its good to know I’m not alone in this world, although it definitely seems so these days. Now if there was just some sort of internet nexus for the black conservative.

]]> By: admin http://differentwaytothink.com/index.php/2009/01/25/the-downfall-of-black-peopleourselves-as-exposed-by-president-obama/comment-page-1/#comment-6 admin Mon, 02 Feb 2009 08:55:09 +0000 http://55387748-6044-480b-8db3-aeede11fd35b#comment-6 Kevin Jackson wrote: Hilton, as a fellow Black conservative, you might like my site. It is gaining in popularity, and my plan is to free other voices from the wilderness, if I can get a bit more buzz going. http://theblacksphere.blogspot.com. Check out The Intervention, a blog I wrote about the kidnapping of a Black Republican. Funny read Kevin Jackson wrote:
Hilton, as a fellow Black conservative, you might like my site. It is gaining in popularity, and my plan is to free other voices from the wilderness, if I can get a bit more buzz going. http://theblacksphere.blogspot.com. Check out The Intervention, a blog I wrote about the kidnapping of a Black Republican. Funny read

]]> By: admin http://differentwaytothink.com/index.php/2009/01/25/the-downfall-of-black-peopleourselves-as-exposed-by-president-obama/comment-page-1/#comment-5 admin Mon, 02 Feb 2009 08:54:31 +0000 http://55387748-6044-480b-8db3-aeede11fd35b#comment-5 Thanks. I appear to have gotten too ambitions and thoughtful as an adult. The part that really surprises me is that not only were Republicans the ones who freed the slaves, Democrats were the ones who created the Jim Crow laws to continue segregation during the civil rights movement. Then they used John F Kennedy freeing Martin Luther King, Jr to get black votes and try to win elections and the beat goes on. Thanks. I appear to have gotten too ambitions and thoughtful as an adult. The part that really surprises me is that not only were Republicans the ones who freed the slaves, Democrats were the ones who created the Jim Crow laws to continue segregation during the civil rights movement. Then they used John F Kennedy freeing Martin Luther King, Jr to get black votes and try to win elections and the beat goes on.

]]> By: admin http://differentwaytothink.com/index.php/2009/01/25/the-downfall-of-black-peopleourselves-as-exposed-by-president-obama/comment-page-1/#comment-4 admin Mon, 02 Feb 2009 08:54:15 +0000 http://55387748-6044-480b-8db3-aeede11fd35b#comment-4 Tasine wrote: A very insightful commentary. I believe this young man is well on his way to a successful life, a happy life, an honorable life. He has taken a bold step, at odds with the majority of his own race because he feels they are wrong, and I hope everyone knows and appreciates how much character and guts this takes. I, too, have never understood why the majority of the blacks in America vote Democrat while it is the Republican Party that was in power when they were freed. I hope someone will comment on this phenomenon who can explain it. Tasine wrote:
A very insightful commentary. I believe this young man is well on his way to a successful life, a happy life, an honorable life. He has taken a bold step, at odds with the majority of his own race because he feels they are wrong, and I hope everyone knows and appreciates how much character and guts this takes.

I, too, have never understood why the majority of the blacks in America vote Democrat while it is the Republican Party that was in power when they were freed. I hope someone will comment on this phenomenon who can explain it.

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