What would American blacks consider thier heritage?

Question

Im not American and I do realize most blacks in America are American slave or a mixture of American slave decendent. But would American black heritage be American? Southern? Black? I know Barack Obama would be English & Luo but Michelle would just be American right? Or is everyone just African American?

Answer 1

my heritage lies in africa

Answer 2

I cannot answer that across the board because as black Americans our heritage is as diverse as anyone else's. We do not all necessarily have the exact same heritage. For instance, I'm black, but my heritage includes Creole, Native American, Moroccan, French, Dominican, and West Indian.

Nobody assumes that all whites in the U.S. are of English ancestors who came over on the Mayflower. Why assume something similar of blacks?

Answer 3

I'm Qwerty.  This is all that matters and all that shall ever matter.

Labels are for people who need to look to outward sources to know who the h**l they are.

Answer 4

Everyone is African American..

But yes, I consider my heritage American...I disagree with the chick above me because there is no such country as "African America". We trace our ancestry to the America, so naturally that would just make us American.

Answer 5

lol omg you sound very confused.

black people in america with slavery in their ancestry generally consider themselves african american. i know this because well...im black lol

no self respecting black person would consider themselves simply american in my opinion. my heritage would include african, not only african american, since they did in fact exist before hand.

i would assume black ppl who know about their history, truly appreciate it, and arent in self denial would see themselves as fundamentally african in all parts of the world as well. however white controlled society has done a great job at separating my people from their roots so that we may only claim a continent. "african". im only 18 now and although i love people equally, just looking at my bf (hes white) is getting more and more difficult at times especially as i learn more about how europeans destroyed africa. its so upsetting to me what the white man has done to  my people. so now when my friends are all like "oh im polish, italian, german, spanish, etc." i can only say "im black."

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