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Originally Posted by amj  As a Black man here is what I think.
Very interesting. SomeRandomGuy, you are very ignorant my friend. You are not dumb or stupid or any of that, you are just very ignorant. Anyone who shares your views is very ignorant as well. What you should do is ask questions because obviously, you know very little about Black culture, African culture, African American culture, etc. Assuming will get you nowhere. I would be much happier if you, or someone who shared your views, asked questions about the Black race. You will not learn anything from assuming.
I would be happy to answer any questions but please, no more assuming. |
Thanks for your feedback. I realize that the point I wanted to make did not come across well to you, and maybe that is because it was not well presented.
I think it is great when people preserve their cultural heritage. What I often see, however, is that the "black community" is made up of people from all across the world; some of which may be recent immigrants, other's whose families have lived in the US for generations. It is in those cases where it seems that the "black culture" is built on having the same color skin, not sharing a common heritage.
If you have a group of people, some originally from Kenya, some originally from Jamaica, and some whose family have been in the US for 500 years, what heritage do they share? I might be wrong, feel free to correct me, but the only common trait I see there is skin color.
It sounds like you do not agree that skin color is what ties these people together. Would you mind sharing some of your thoughts on the common heritage shared by members of the black community whose ancestors were from different parts of the world. Perhaps there is just something that I am missing. Maybe the family from Kenya and the family from Jamaica do share a common culture that I am just unaware of.