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#2901

banal thread

Posted: 6/27/06 at 8:59pm

My boyfriend was from Nigeria and he told me that people that were born in African countries hate the term "African American" because the people it refers to aren't really African. And THEY hate to be referred to as African Americans because they're not American. It's complicated. Basically, they have issues with people claiming allegiance to the entire continent instead of respecting the individual cultures/nationalities.
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Wanting life but never knowing how
#2902

banal thread

Posted: 6/27/06 at 9:03pm

Does he prefer "black?"

Whether you (personally) are from Africa or not, you are OF African decent.
"How bout a little black dress?"~hannahshule "I have a penis, not a vagina." ~munkustrap178
#2903

banal thread

Posted: 6/27/06 at 9:03pm

*collapses*
http://www.beintheheights.com/katnicole1 (Please click and help me win!) I chose, and my world was shaken- So what?
The choice may have been mistaken, The choosing was not... "Every day has the potential to be the greatest day of your life." - Lin-Manuel Miranda
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#2904

banal thread

Posted: 6/27/06 at 9:13pm

Technically, he preferred Nigerian, but if he were discussing ethnicity, he would use black.

Just because some of your ancestors were from a certain contintent doesn't mean that you should always have to refer to it as an idenfitying term. I mean, you don't check off a "European American" box.

Then again, I had a friend who was technically of Eastern European descent and Jewish, but he was born in Egpyt, then moved to America and became a US citizen. He would check off "African American" on boxes, because it *was* the most accurate statement for him, even if he didn't "look" African American. Ethnicity terms in themselves are marginalizing and it's getting more and more complicated as the population becomes more intermixed. There's no reason why anyone should have to check a single box to describe something that complicated.
Like a firework unexploded
Wanting life but never knowing how

Updated On: 6/27/06 at 09:13 PM

#2905

banal thread

Posted: 6/27/06 at 9:16pm

Anyone watching Kathy?
I have NEVER met Cheyenne Jackson. I have never hung out with him in his dressing room, he did not tweet me, he never bought me a beverage, and he mostly certainly didn't tickle me. . .that is all.
#2906

banal thread

Posted: 6/27/06 at 9:18pm

No. The TV's in the other room.
http://www.beintheheights.com/katnicole1 (Please click and help me win!) I chose, and my world was shaken- So what?
The choice may have been mistaken, The choosing was not... "Every day has the potential to be the greatest day of your life." - Lin-Manuel Miranda
"And when Idina Menzel is singing, I'm always slightly worried that her teeth are going to jump out of her mouth and chase me." - Schmerg_the_Impaler
#2907

banal thread

Posted: 6/27/06 at 9:28pm

I just spent 15 minutes looking for the bowl I usually make soup in. I don't know what made me open the fridge after 15 but there was the bowl- with grapes in it.

So I put the soup in a different bowl and put it in the microwave and started laughing. I just thought of soapguy saying how he thinks he broke his face. sorry, that was amusing though.

So, soapguy, did you actaully make it out of the handcuffs?
"How bout a little black dress?"~hannahshule "I have a penis, not a vagina." ~munkustrap178
#2908

banal thread

Posted: 6/27/06 at 9:35pm

My mom's ex-boyfriend and I talked today on YIM. It was very brief, but he thought it was my mom. :P
What the puck?!
#2909

banal thread

Posted: 6/27/06 at 10:02pm

skittles, that's really quite interesting. Has your friend from Eygpt ever been told that he couldn't check that box, didn't qualify for an African-American scholarship, ect?

When I was little and in elementary school, I had a friend who was born in Kenya because her parents were missonaries there. She's white. Though I lost touch with her a long time ago, I've always wondered if she gets to count herself as African-American on applications for scholarships or whatnot. She was born there, but she didn't STAY there, though she had gone back several times.
#2910

banal thread

Posted: 6/27/06 at 10:07pm

Q-I just tried the handcuff thing and I did it! Maybe most criminals just aren't that flexible.
<--Sometimes it's easier to get out of a jam than into one
#2911

banal thread

Posted: 6/27/06 at 10:13pm

I can't. My hands start to spread too far apart to be in handcuffs...at least the ones my dad has.
Shari Lewis: Did you ever wish upon a star? Lamb Chop: I once asked Mr. Rogers for his autograph.
#2912

banal thread

Posted: 6/27/06 at 10:15pm

"Q-I just tried the handcuff thing and I did it! Maybe most criminals just aren't that flexible."
banal thread


On Shiloh's birth certificate I assume it says Africa.
I wonder if she'll have issues with getting her passport and going out of the country..etc...
"How bout a little black dress?"~hannahshule "I have a penis, not a vagina." ~munkustrap178
#2913

banal thread

Posted: 6/27/06 at 10:15pm

xoxRogue- do I want to know why your dad has handcuffs? banal thread
"How bout a little black dress?"~hannahshule "I have a penis, not a vagina." ~munkustrap178
#2914

banal thread

Posted: 6/27/06 at 10:28pm

Interestingly enough, I was in an African American language class last year and I brought this story up and the entire class- many of them black- agreed that he had just as much right to check off that box as any of them did. That was my whole point before; there's no reason why ethnicity should be asked on forms, etc. because the information is just used for purposes of further marginalizing minorities.

SweetQ, Shiloh is a US citizen, so I don't see why she would have a problem with that.
Like a firework unexploded
Wanting life but never knowing how
#2915

banal thread

Posted: 6/27/06 at 10:42pm

xoxRogue- do I want to know why your dad has handcuffs?

He's a policeman. banal thread
Shari Lewis: Did you ever wish upon a star? Lamb Chop: I once asked Mr. Rogers for his autograph.
#2916

banal thread

Posted: 6/27/06 at 10:43pm

I was eating so healthy all day, and now i'm eating a Ben & Jerry's ice cream bar. =/
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#2917

banal thread

Posted: 6/27/06 at 10:45pm

"xoxRogue- do I want to know why your dad has handcuffs?

He's a policeman."


oh! Interesting.

*runs away as not to get self in hot water with xox's daddy!*

banal thread


"How bout a little black dress?"~hannahshule "I have a penis, not a vagina." ~munkustrap178

Updated On: 6/27/06 at 10:45 PM

#2918

banal thread

Posted: 6/27/06 at 10:47pm

I've been helping out this past week at my church for Vacation Bible School. I teach a kindergarten class and it's a nightmare! The kids are so wild, but they're also very cute. One girl won't go anywhere if she can't hold my hand when we go.

I'm so exhausted right now, but I don't want to go to bed.
<--Sometimes it's easier to get out of a jam than into one
#2919

banal thread

Posted: 6/27/06 at 10:47pm

Haha. What's kind of sad is that my dad and I have the same sense of humor, and we would have made the same joke if we read that.

Of course, when I'm with him and he sees other policemen, he calls them pigs. And then I snort like one. We're an interesting pair.
Shari Lewis: Did you ever wish upon a star? Lamb Chop: I once asked Mr. Rogers for his autograph.
#2920

banal thread

Posted: 6/27/06 at 10:47pm

Tomorrow I'm going into NYC for the first time without a parent banal thread.
#2921

banal thread

Posted: 6/27/06 at 10:49pm

Ooo fun!
Shari Lewis: Did you ever wish upon a star? Lamb Chop: I once asked Mr. Rogers for his autograph.
#2922

banal thread

Posted: 6/27/06 at 10:50pm

xox- sounds quite interesting. Why does he call other officers pigs if he is one himself. Wait, that sounded wrong...lol

Did you tell him the reason why you needed to borrow his handcuffs? Was he one of the "POLICE HONORED FOR FINDING PENIS?"
"How bout a little black dress?"~hannahshule "I have a penis, not a vagina." ~munkustrap178
#2923

banal thread

Posted: 6/27/06 at 10:57pm

I don't know why he does it. I've asked him that question myself.

I just...took them. I made sure I knew where the key was and that it worked. I'm not even sure if he was paying attention when I took them and put them back. banal thread

And for the last question, no. Haha

How ironic is it that the title for the newest news is "Pig farm"?
Shari Lewis: Did you ever wish upon a star? Lamb Chop: I once asked Mr. Rogers for his autograph.

Updated On: 6/27/06 at 10:57 PM

#2924

banal thread

Posted: 6/27/06 at 11:01pm

xox- you obviously had to use the key to get out of the handcuffs- right? lol

Please don't tell me he leaves the gun lying around. I've heard so many horror stories.
"How bout a little black dress?"~hannahshule "I have a penis, not a vagina." ~munkustrap178
#2925

banal thread

Posted: 6/27/06 at 11:02pm

Today was unjustly crappy.
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