Do you ever get mistaken for ANOTHER nationality?? Vol. IM NOT BLACK!!!

Originally Posted by Master Zik

Thread title is flawed on some politically incorrect steez. Unless there's a country called Blackia.

I'm black and once in awhile I get Haitian by older ppl. On some they'll come up to me speaking creole like I understand and I be like "??!!
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.... Sa passe!!! Git momo" or however you spell it
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I was born here but it's trini 2 de bone when it comes to these Caribbean folk.
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Oh and since my name's African mad Ghana/Nigerian/etc. chicks who just hear my name think I'm from the motherland
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Originally Posted by MrMoneyInDaBank

Originally Posted by marath0n

I'm Jamaican and people mistake me for being African American.
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Even though that example doesn't necessarily apply he's right. The term African-American is still politically incorrect despite what anyone says. When addressing other ppl who are born in America they have a country (i.e. Italy, France, England, etc.to identify with but black ppl are all lumped in to the continent of Africa. Only blacks born in Africa can come here and say they're Ethiopian-American or w/e. The term African American implies that you're born in America or a citizen of the country and that may not always be the case.
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I understand what your saying. My problem is with the fact that we subdivide way too much in our culture. For a person of west Indian backgroundto take exception to being called African American is ridiculous.
 
Not really. People just say assume I'm Mexican!

But I'm actually Guatemalan n Mexican!

But some people still think that's a place from Mexico
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I was born in Nicaragua, Im in the Army and stuck in Iraq for the time, everytime i go out on patrols i get asked by the Iraqi people if Im Arabic, it alsohappened in highschool once, some ladyh started speaking arabic to me and i was so lost.
 
Originally Posted by MrMoneyInDaBank

I understand what your saying. My problem is with the fact that we subdivide way too much in our culture. For a person of west Indian background to take exception to being called African American is ridiculous.
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I think it's the other way around. No where else do you see people referred to by a continent
 
I've gotten:

Pretty much any other race mixed with black
Straight up Latina
When I had my nose ring, I got Indian and Middle Eastern.

Seriously, I've heard it all...and some of the things I've heard just made me go "Really? You can't be serious." I absolutely hate whenpeople don't believe I'm mixed with black, which is probably why when people ask me about my background, I usually just say I'm black and they giveme that look like, "Well, you don't look black." I like to mess with peoples' perceptions.
 
I'm filipino and black and I get mistaken for Puerto Rican or black and mexican on a regular basis.
 
In America never. One chick thought my pops was cuban. Dude is made light skin.

But when Im in Africa outside of my country folks ask me if I am Moroccan.

But I am just good old black.
 
kinda need pics too. But everyone here thinks Im just american cuz I talk and dress like everyone else, but Im Danish, the assistant manager at my job justfound out last week after working with her for 2 years LOL didnt you read my dam forms???
 
Yea. People think im an Uso or hawaiin or some type of poly. But im full filipino, i guess it doesnt help though if i hang out with all islanders.
 
im filipino
i get mistaken for chinese, japanese, korean, cambodian, laos etc....
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i got 'are you spanish' a few times....
im naturally tanned,obvi, but lightskinned to all my dark pinoys....
 
My Jewish friend said that if I was in Israel I could pass for Ethiopian due to the presence of Ethiopian Jews in the country.
 
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