I was sitting on the loo a little while ago, trying to read a book, but eventually I put it down and concentrated on the thoughts that were going through my mind.
I would like to have a chat one day with a black American. Not anybody in particular, mind, just anybody. And I want to ask him, “Do you consider yourself an ‘African American’, or do you just consider yourself to be an American?”
Now, if he answers that he considers himself an ‘African American’, I’m going to ask him if he’s ever been to Africa. If he says yes, it will throw me somewhat, so let’s assume he says no. Now, let’s assume that I’m living in America, and I’ve naturalized (which I want to do if I ever get the chance to live there), I’ll ask him why he considers himself to be specifically African American. Is it because he’s black? Or is it because he wants to associate himself with “his” homeland?
Now I’m not going to suppose what his answer would be, but whatever his answer was, I would tell him, that I, as a white American (assuming what I said above holds true), am also an “African American”. What would he think about that?
To my mind, he would probably think I was trying to be facetious. Would anyone understand where I’m coming from?
You’re probably wondering where that came from. I’ve just been thinking about how whites are always being accused of being rascist (particularly in this ), if not directly, then indirectly (blaming apartheid, and the ‘previous regime’ as they call it), yet the blacks in this country (I’m talking about the ones who are always in the news, the politicos) are probably the biggest racists bigots on the planet. You just need to read the papers or watch the news here to see what I mean.
Someday you should read one our local news sites called IOL. There’s some downright scary shit reported there from time to time.
Just as well only 2 people read this site, otherwise I’d probably get flamed by a bunch of retards that can’t see further than the end of their noses.