Thursday, August 11, 2011

Why should i call you African American if you still call me White?

if you want me to call you "African American" instead of black, then why dont you call me "Caucasian American" instead of white? its so one sided, cant you see you are being racist as well? if i say i saw a group of black kids, people jump down my throat with "why do they have to be black kids!" but if a black or mexican person says "i saw some white kids" nobody so much as blinks. they WERE black kids just like they WERE white kids. now honestly, i do not want you to call me "Caucasian American" because it sounds stupid. im not caucasian. i barely know what that is! im just American. i like being white, because i AM white, just like you ARE black. i do not go out of my way to be all "well actually thats offensive because im not actually white, im a pinkish tan color, so why would you try to say im not ACTUALLY black, we come in all shades. and unless you actually do COME STRAIGHT FROM AFRICA i am not calling you African American. you are not african, youre just an American. you may have heritage there, but you are not African, just like im not Irish or Scottish tho i do have that heritage. so will all the self righteous ethnic people please shut up about all this political correctness? its ridiculous. constantly correcting other people over it and starting fights and drawing negative attention to the simple words black and white, do not make for a less racist world, instead it just reinforces that there IS something different something that needs to be watched out for and stepped around. it separates us more than the simple words Black and White ever did. theyre just colors. its no different if i say the kid with the mohawk then when i say, the mexican kid or the black kid. its just that im pointing out what would be most easily identified by the person im talking to. its not derogatory, its not mean spirited, is an adjective. a harmless describing word. i dont care that im just white. so why do you care that you are black?

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