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being born outside the states and now living in south carolina. i will make a few comments.
1. to tophats comments. europeans(whites to you) werent the only people that brought africans to the colonies. if you did some research, you'd find out that the majority of africans were caught by other tribes and sold to the dutch, portuguese, etc.. merchants
also, your comment about asians never being taken against their will, what about the japanese relocation camps during wwii?
2. the racism here is pretty obvious here in columbia, sc. you may say its a redneck town or whatever. but, the university here has 25k students from around the us. all the fraternities are basically "whites only" or "blacks only". i grew up knowing only about 10 "black" friends, but i dont remember there being racial issues. in the states its weird. but, here in the columbia, you are either black and hang out with blacks only or you are black and hang out with only whites.
3. i think black americans lack nationalism. not from the states. but where they come from. i think it was stupid on their part to lump up a whole continent and partake it in their name "african american". if you called me a "european american", i'd look at you all funny. i dont have anything against the french or germans. but, if you tried to pass me off as being a frenchman or german, i might have to kick you in the nuts.
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