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Originally Posted by LancYorkYankee
Nah, Willow, you're not really supposed to say that from either a politically correct or general social respect. I sometimes go to a Black church around the corner and play on their softball team. That's the sort of stuff we'll say around each other. However, it's not something I'd head up to Washington, D.C. and say on the streets!
I guess I should have refrained as it could of been a bit offensive if not understood. Most Black folk that I know, especially the older generation, really hate to be referred to as African-Americans. Heck, they're more American then I am.
Brian
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its a fine line , Barrack Obama is a "clean" one , Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson are not ........sorry folks , its American politics .....we have three prominant black Americans involved in politics,(two worthy of Presidential consideration) two of whom have at least one parent born outside the US and they are able to "cross over" and get respect without playing the race card, they are respected for what they are ... Americans , not African-Americans or Black-Americans. Condi Rice, Colin Powell, Barrack Obama , wether you agree or disagree with their politics is beside the point none so far has ever played the race card , unlike Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson and thus gets them the sobriquet of the N word