Talk:African American/Archive:Do not feed the trolls

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[edit] What a piece of crap of article

"African Americans or Black Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa."

Yeah? and what with blacks in Cuba or Venezuela. Where are they from? Japan? Guess what? there are more countries in America than just the United States. This is a wiki in ENGLISH, not a wiki of the United States.

And BTW, the term "african american" is just plain stupid an typical of the United States. So what's a person born in Moroco and moved to America? an australian? What if a spaniard was born in Oran and then moved to the Americas?

Most idiotic article of the wikipedia and tipical of a USA mindset, really. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.126.1.243 (talk) 10:41, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

First of all, that is the language of the U.S. Census (which I'll admit can be fairly dismally uninformed; I generally don't use the term "race"). Secondly, if the use of the term "America" for the U.S. offends you, then change (preferred) it or disambiguate it. "America" is distinct from "the Americas."

Secondly, as an African-American, I/we couldn't give a flying fig what you think of the term. We exercise the right to define ourselves in the manner which is meaningful to us. What outsiders think doesn't matter one whit. *x*

Finally, take your intemperate remarks and your b.s. attitude elsewhere, (expletive withheld). deeceevoice 10:49, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

Oh just so you know, Blacks in Cuba are typically referred to as Afro-Cuban, A person from Moroco that moved to the United States probably would self identify as Moroccan-American. That's pretty much the pattern for the entire African diaspora. Have a nice day. CJ 13:59, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

It looks like "diaspora" is the new way to avoid saying "slavery." (Go ahead, delete this statement, too).EmperorVelocicaptor 18:54, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

No actually diaspora is a scholarly term. Not all members of the African diaspora are descendants of slaves. And the word doesn't specifically refer to Africans. CJ 19:52, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

Oh, I wouldn't dream of deleting your statement, VC. It's a great example of the kind of ignorant, obnoxious presumptuousness and anti-black antipathy that are rampant on Wikipedia. Thanks for sharing. deeceevoice 20:03, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

You should have deleted Velocicaptor's message. He likes to leave troll-bait at various articles about African-American subjects. Look at the history of Talk:Gabriel Prosser, this edit at Gabriel Prosser, or his contributions to Talk:Ralph Bunche#Darkened image and Talk:Ralph Bunche#An accurate photograph would make improvement. — Malik Shabazz (Talk | contribs) 00:34, 16 October 2007 (UTC)

I am not Velocicaptor any more because someone placed a permanent block on poor old Velocicaptor after Velocicaptor put a photograph of Adolf Hitler on the talk page. People deleted the image and words that poor old Velocicaptor had written on that talk page. They substituted their own words on the talk page of poor old Velocicaptor, which I thought was very rude. I never expected those curve balls. Adolf Hitler is old news to me. Why would anyone become agitated just because I placed an image of Adolf Hitler onto a talk page? I suppose they called it "troll-bait," too. I'm simply old enough to remember when "black" was somewhat of an insult in the United States. Today, "black" is supposedly something to be proud of. My response to that folly follows: HO HUM! (Haven't you all ever heard of Rush Limbaugh?EmperorVelocicaptor 05:41, 16 October 2007 (UTC)