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[quote="FAH1223"]

How's tha I-95? have they extended any more lanes?[/quote]

housing, office buildings, sidewalks on route 1, shopping centers you name it[/quote]


wow........massive redevelopment project. I guess its a sign of the ever changing times.

[quote="#1baller"][quote="razzberry"]baller

You stated that you are part latino. Do you consider yourself a Zambo?

Zambo:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zambo[/quote]


Razz,

No i'm not considered Zambo. I'm a lil diffrent from 'em. My mother is Jamaican east Indian not native Amerindian.

Garifunas was a term given to people in central america namely Guatemala and nicaragua i believe who were mixed black (caribbean descent St Vincent to be exact) and Hispanic.

Costa Rica has quite a huge population of people with jamaican descent who live on the Caribbean coast of that nation. the jamaicans live inthe province of Limon. They speak jamaican patois and espanol. and were given a similar name which doesn't come to mind right now. I'll let u know some other time.[/quote]


Interesting. You learn something new everyday.

I guess in a way I am zambo.
I am the descendent of black Seminoles. Because of the one drop rule that was forced in America the Irish blood in me was never officially recognized. My great grand mother would have been considered white if she had been born today. She was probably less that 1/8th black but because of that rule black is what she was considered.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Seminoles

[quote="razzberry"]


Interesting. You learn something new everyday.

I guess in a way I am zambo.
I am the descendent of black Seminoles. Because of the one drop rule that was forced in America the Irish blood in me was never officially recognized. My great grand mother would have been considered white if she had been born today. She was probably less that 1/8th black but because of that rule black is what she was considered.

Razz,

Very interesting. I never heard tha term " black seminoles" before. And yea that infamous one drop rule is something that should be discarded imho. It really doesn't do any justice to people who have white blood even tho they make look white on the exterior.

Mariah carey is a perfect example of how moronic that rule is. Anyhow, so you've got a a lil Irish in ya? Have you bothered to trace ur ancestry to tha fullest?

ATL all the way,

when i visited it i was impressed , a city predominantly black, but they were mostly middle class.

DC was ghetto

Black people are really alright, well half of them are. And they love Somalis so much.

WTF??

we are half of them?

We are 100% somali and 100% black and 100% proud

I know you live in Arabia, but Black in the U.S is a political term and Somalis are not black. We are Somalis.

so are you saying that you are not black?

i agree though, others( african amerians mostly) need to identify with bieng black becuase thats all they have.


but we are somalis above all else,

You hit the bullseye brother Gurey. The afro-americans have no identity except for "Black", basically that is their cultural group like how we have "oromo culturla group", "somali cultural group", "igbo cultural group" in africa

When you come here you are Somali and Somali-American, not black, poltically that is an altogether different "ethnicity"...some of the pan-African somalis just have not realized that fact yet

[quote="The`Republic"]

"Black people are really alright, well half of them are. And they love Somalis so much."

Most African-Americans don't even know who or what Somalis, Ethiopians, and Sudanese, are?

wazzup hindu zambo

black girls love my soft pupic hair

[quote="#1baller"][quote="The`Republic"]

"Black people are really alright, well half of them are. And they love Somalis so much."

Most African-Americans don't even know who or what Somalis, Ethiopians, and Sudanese, are? [/quote]

But they sure know I am not black. Heck Filipinos have told me i am not black.

[quote="The`Republic"]

"The afro-americans have no identity except for "Black", basically that is their cultural group like how we have "oromo culturla group", "somali cultural group", "igbo cultural group" in africa"

Very false statement. That is a good demonstration on ur limited knowledge on African-Americans. African-Americans of Caribbean descent are very in touch with their history and their culture. Matter of fact if you visit NY, Miami, Hartford, Boston, D.C. and LA. You will realise that first hand.


"When you come here you are Somali and Somali-American, not black, poltically that is an altogether different "ethnicity"...some of the pan-African somalis just have not realized that fact yet"


If that makes you feel better psychologically, then go head and believe that. But in the eyes of white Americans and other races, you're still considered black.

Even if u try to fill out something else on ur job application.

Don't argue with me about my life. Frankly I have no time for you like all these other fools here. i know what I am, what I consider myself, and how people see me. It is non of your business anyways