Now there are 8!
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gjhines — 13 years ago(August 18, 2012 04:40 PM)
now there is:
Viola Davis
nominated (lead) actress for THE HELP 2012
in the supporting catagory:
Queen Latifah
nominated for CHICAGO 2003
Ruby Dee
nominated for AMERICAN GANSTER 2008
Viola Davis
nominated for DOUBT 2009
Taraji P. Henson
nominated for THE CURIOUS CASE PF BENJAMIN BUTTON 2009
Octavia Spencer
winner for THE HELP 2012 -
SandVis — 13 years ago(February 27, 2013 07:10 AM)
Sorry, but Charlize isn't African-American. She's a white South African, like me, who now also has American citizenship. Forgive me if I have this wrong but aren't African-Americans people with dark skin who were born in America but who's ancestors come from Africa?
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jac91604 — 13 years ago(March 05, 2013 11:56 AM)
You are correct sandraviss, Theron is a white South African who now has American citzenship.
If someone from Ireland becomes a US citizen they don't become Irish American.
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candy228 — 12 years ago(June 10, 2013 03:14 PM)
The majority of black people do not like the term "African American". That term is offensive and racist!!
How can you call Black American as "African American" and he/she was not born and never been to Africa??!!
Do you see White American call thems2000elves "European American"??!! The answer is NO!!
Miss USA 2012, Nana Meriwether is a REAL African American. She was born in Soweto, South Africa. -
kindred122 — 12 years ago(March 05, 2014 01:47 PM)
The majority of black people do not like the term "African American". That term is offensive and racist!!
How can you call Black American as "African American" and he/she was not born and never been to Africa??!!
Do you see White American call themselves "European American"??!! The answer is NO!!
Miss USA 2012, Nana Meriwether is a REAL African American. She was born in Soweto, South Africa.
I know this is a really old post, but I just have to respond to this. Plenty of white people certainly do identify with their ethnic heritage, even though many of them have never stepped foot into their ancestors' homeland. Do you not understand that many white people of European descent identify with the COUNTRY of their heritage, not the CONTINENT of Europe? For example, Irish, Italian, Polish, etc. Of course they wouldn't call themselves "European American" because they have no reason to identify with the continent as a whole when they know specifically which country their family is from. So stop acting like white people never make any reference to their ancestral homeland. That is a blatant lie! I never hear anybody complaining about someone saying they're Irish or Italian despite the fact that they've never once been to Ireland or Italy. But for some reason certain people get all up in arms over black Americans being called African Americans just because some of us haven't been to Africa. It's idiotic and hypocritical.
Historically, black people who were descendants of African slaves were not able to determine the specific locales in Africa where their ancestors lived. That's why the broad term "African" American is used, because the information was not available to be able to narrow it down to a specific area or country. So they just referenced the continent in general. That is changing now, with the availability of genealogy traces some people are now able to narrow down the part of Africa that their descendants came from.
And please don't act as if you speak on behalf of all Black Americans. I am a Black American, I am a descendant of slaves, and I don't find the term "African American" to be offensive or racist at all. How is it racist to indicate that someone has African ancestry? Do you not even comprehend that it was black people who wanted to start using this term in the first place? I don't know what gives you the idea that the "majority" of black people have a problem with it. If someone is offended or insulted by the fact that they are descendants of Africans, then they have some internal issues that they need to address.