@cubicgarden the ‘African- American’ thing has always annoyed me intensely - and I’m neither Black nor American
@cubicgarden It’s clear the world is starving for lack of knowledge and empathy.
This is not like anything I’ve ever experienced, (being a white Norwegian male), but when a couple of friends and I was taking the boat out to Alcatraz, (wearing a bit low key clothing), we talked amongst ourselves, and then I saw a father pointed to us and then tell his son “They’re Russians”.
@numericcitizen Maybe so. Military Industrial Complex and so on. That’s not limited to the USA of course.
@timapple
Yes its annoying after a while. I actually found a film recently (can’t remember which one) where there was a Russian Black man and they were very confused.
I guess it makes for a good plot point but shows a similar point.
@odd
Absolutely… guess I only really experienced in the states although visiting many parts of the world.
@JohnPhilpin
Its strange to me, as I call myself Black and at a push UK Black or Black British.
If I was to say Caribbean-British, I would likely laugh afterwards.
Guess it depends on the context, as I do enter it on the NHS track and trace system.
@odd
Wow!
Funny enough a friend of mine, use to get asked if she was “really?” Swedish as she had red hair and spoke very good English.
Crazy eh?
@cubicgarden.com I get the importance of ethic origin … which is why African American is truly annoying since Africa is not a single ethnic source and as you say seems to exclude Carribean, Jamaican etc etc … Asian American is just as bad .. but there is something about America that insists on these descriptors because even when you come here you hang on to that heritage … Irish Americans, Italian Americans … though to my knowledge ‘English/British American’ does not seem to be used ..
@JohnPhilpin
That is a interesting point, not certain why this is?
I wonder why you don’t hear as much in other countries?
I hear people say French Canadian but that’s more for the language?
Its all so interesting…