Is a white american with white African ancestry considered an African-American?
Guest11406459 I don’t know why there is such a need to explain the sensible notion of what an African-American is. First of all, it is important to understand that above the genetic racial heritage of black people descendant of Africa, the notion of Africaness is attached to the stigma of slavery poverty and its legacy. Therefore everything associated with black is despised and rejected by whites, those with black ancestry who pass for whites, and even those who have tanner skin color and straight hair. African-American themselves have bought into the lie of black “stigmatism” and consciously or unconsciously are ashamed of their heritage, as a result they crave whites acceptance, and feel vindicated when a white person identify himself with blacks. This not the solution to a better attitude toward ones sense negritude and authentic acceptance of one’s identity. It is important to understand the separation between race as a genetic heritage and the stigma of race which is a heritage of
