her father is apparently quite mad that she calls herself black, he doesn't use the term for himself, he says he's Jamaican, sooooo.philip964 wrote: ↑Sun Aug 16, 2020 12:08 pmhttps://www.marieclaire.com/politics/a2 ... is-father/92f-fan wrote: ↑Sun Aug 16, 2020 10:48 am Its a rough question to ask in public, but Im curious. She has Jamaican and indian parents. So genetically she is half of each. But she gets to pick being either Black or Indian as it serves her ? Confused.
Follow up, can she call herself "African American " if she is from Jamaica ? I know that Jamaican ancestors came from Africa, but if we are able to pick continents from thousands of years ago wouldn't we also be able to go back further than Africa ? Maybe include Pangea ? Pangean-American would be MUCH more inclusive.
These days people "identify" as all kinds of things so maybe nothing should surprise me any more.
I guess Im easily confused by the current process of picking and choosing your ancestry and your orientation from a grab bag.
All this PC stuff drives me crazy ...
Picture of her father. I believe he belives he is African Irish. Her mom is 100% Indian. So that would make her 50% Indian, 25% Irish 25% African.
I would be interesting if she did a Ancestry DNA test before the election.
https://apnews.com/afs:Content:9240201328 Says she has used both for some time. Went to a historically black college.
Supposedly her mom raised her Black. So she identifies as Black. She was born in the US so she could call herself African American, Euro American or Indian American. I find it interesting that no one wants to use their "white privilege" but prefer to express their minor African or Native American roots.
also, she apparently said something about being a descendant of slaves, that's funny since her great-gf or some-such were slave traders.