PROUD TO BE AMERICAN!

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Jan 20th 2009, 3:03 pm

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Re: PROUD TO BE AMERICAN!

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Originally Posted by YankeemovingAbroad

Whats interesting even people from Turkey select African American in those venues which I do find strange.

Your making this up.

Jan 20th 2009, 3:07 pm

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Whats interesting even people from Turkey select African American in those venues which I do find strange.

What the hell are you talking about?

Jan 20th 2009, 3:13 pm

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Re: PROUD TO BE AMERICAN!

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No one in the world, outside of USA, uses or should I say used, the term African/Afro American. Never never ever. Yes it started around the late 80's early 90's. In last few months, BBC, seems to have started using the term.

Use the term on a person of color outside the US, and you're more than likely to get an earful...

Jan 20th 2009, 3:18 pm

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Re: PROUD TO BE AMERICAN!

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Use the term on a person of color outside the US, and you're more than likely to get an earful...

Could you define that please?

And thanks for using it, the AA thing was about over...

Jan 20th 2009, 3:33 pm

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Re: PROUD TO BE AMERICAN!

Thats sad..Bush getting boo'd....

Jan 20th 2009, 3:33 pm

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Re: PROUD TO BE AMERICAN!

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Could you define that please?

And thanks for using it, the AA thing was about over...

I don't know, it's damned if you do and damned if you don't.

Somebody needs to stop moving the goal posts.

Jan 20th 2009, 4:08 pm

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Re: PROUD TO BE AMERICAN!

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Originally Posted by cindyabs

Do you want to be on my Pirate team? We do have some BEers,

You mean EFers, don't you??

Jan 20th 2009, 4:12 pm

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Re: PROUD TO BE AMERICAN!

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I will call ahead, order up a nice bacon/sausage/egg little Hp sauce on french bread. I think Mr. O will be inviting me over next week, for a few pointers on the world situation.
Reg. Frank R.
Ps. Hope they have mugs for the tea.

Oh obviously you'll be on the list for that, although I haven't seen your name pop up on the news ticker yet. I suppose it's a little early.

Mugs? Mugs are a standard in the white house, the outgoing man had the monopoly on that.

Jan 20th 2009, 4:55 pm

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Re: PROUD TO BE AMERICAN!

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People are so focused on labels, and what makes them different...

Hopefully, this president will unite people

I agree

Jan 20th 2009, 4:57 pm

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Re: PROUD TO BE AMERICAN!

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Leave it to the BBC to catch on late.

But I still enjoy watching that channel.

Jan 20th 2009, 5:00 pm

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Re: PROUD TO BE AMERICAN!

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I liked how Naomi Campbell, UK and Olympic cell phone tossing champion, kept getting referred to as African American even though shes from London.

There was a news broadcast recently which refered to Nelson Mandela as 'the greatest living African American'...!

Jan 20th 2009, 5:06 pm

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Re: PROUD TO BE AMERICAN!

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Your making this up.

Nope.It's true.I thought Turkish people were Asian or muslim based on the location of the country.

Jan 20th 2009, 5:08 pm

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Re: PROUD TO BE AMERICAN!

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Thats sad..Bush getting boo'd....

Did you notice how the music was extra loud to try and drown out the boos

Jan 20th 2009, 5:18 pm

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Re: PROUD TO BE AMERICAN!

Can I just say as Black British woman, I find the using of the word "colored/coloured" as very demeaning and disrespectful. There's no place for it in the modern world.