Quote Originally Posted by sparks19

If we are forced to acknowledge them by such names how are we supposed to see past their colour. they are forcing us to recognize it.


A little humour though .... While at our cottage up in Northern Canada, we frequently pass a restaurant called.... The Wop and Frog restaurant. LOL It's owned by an Italian and a French guy LOL I thought it was kinda cute. And the little logo guy is a frog with a big black mustache and a chefs hat lol

I totally agree with you. I read something that talked about how America is becoming, and, one thing that stuck with me is that America used to be called "the melting pot", but, now, it's more of a tossed salad. It's becoming more about pointing out everyone's differences than concentrating on the similarities. I think it's important to keep your individuality, but, first and foremost, we are all human.

I think that's awesome! The restaurant! That's funny! And, I don't care what people call me, either. You could even call me a honky if you wanted. I have never been able to refer to anyone as **** American. Maybe except Native American, just to differentiate between "indians" from North America and Indians from India. But, I have never had any of my black friends (and where I grew up, that's all I had) say they minded if I called them black instead of African American. My friend Lovette actually laughed and said, "heck, none of my family is from africa."