17yr old black kid shot and killed for walking in white suburbia?

[trish]

Not a comment, just enthusiastic agreement, fuck those slave boats.

[fastingforlife]

Yeah, fuck that slave boat. Fuck all those fucking slave boats. While you're at fuck the slavers too. African-Americans, Korean-Americans, Irish-Americans, Italian-Americans...we're here, we're free and we call ourselves as we please. Get over it twit.

Irish, Korean, Italian, etc.....can only hyphenate for one generation. You are not allowed to refer to yourself as italian-american from the second generation on. They would be American of italian descent. these are the rules. And, again no more comments from the peanut gallery.

[trish]

That last was a reply, not a comment. Bummer, when you make rules and people don't follow them. Language usage is like that.

[robertlouis]

Irish, Korean, Italian, etc.....can only hyphenate for one generation. You are not allowed to refer to yourself as italian-american from the second generation on. They would be American of italian descent. these are the rules. And, again no more comments from the peanut gallery.

Whose rules are they and who exactly made them?

[fastingforlife]

Whose rules are they and who exactly made them?

Well, I have known this for 50 years. To me it is common knowledge. There is probably a book somewhere that details this, but again, this is the way it works, at least in the States.

[trish]

Not any more, that was like, 50 years ago.

[fastingforlife]

Whose rules are they and who exactly made them?

As I noted previously, black people, with origins from the slave trade, have been excluded from conforming. However, I am not onboard with the exclusion, that is why I have never referred to a black person as an african-american. I will not be cowered by the dishonest left.

[trish]

I will not be cowered by the dishonest left.

Just the crazed and loopy right. I'm an African/Korean/American. I don't like hyphens either.

[robertlouis]

As I noted previously, black people, with origins from the slave trade, have been excluded from conforming. However, I am not onboard with the exclusion, that is why I have never referred to a black person as an african-american. I will not be cowered by the dishonest left.

And the honest left?

[hard4janira]

Just the crazed and loopy right. I'm an African/Korean/American. I don't like hyphens either.

Really? You have Korean citizenship? African citizenship? Lol....are you talking about race or Nationality? Not the same thing....