<!--QuoteBegin-Kumar+Mar 30 2007, 09:01 AM-->QUOTE(Kumar @ Mar 30 2007, 09:01 AM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->I do not see anything wrong with being referred to as African American. It can be a case of mistaken ethnicity. Other than that, we are all humans.
[right][snapback]66330[/snapback][/right]<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->I think Mudy meant that some Americans were so ignorant that they couldn't even bother referring to him as Indian. Like you say - 'mistaken' identity. But I think it might well be more than that. There are still quite a number of Americans who think the world's population consists only of three groups: Caucasians, Africans and 'Chinese'. And everyone who's not Caucasian or 'Chinese' is immediately labelled African. But I've seen some Americans reviewing films claim how lighter Indian people like Aishwarya 'must have some Oryan blood' only because they happen to find such Indians attractive. Thanks to AIT.
Similarly, attractive Africans are accused of needing to have had some 'white ancestry' - presumably because they 'could not have been so attractive otherwise'.
This is just racism.
In the case of this singer, it could be mere ignorance on the part of those referring to him as African American or may be they just can't be bothered finding out that there are many other human populations besides the three mentioned above, or perhaps they misidentify on purpose. ("You African." "No, I'm an Indian, you ignoramus." "Yeah, whatever, you're all the same anyway." Sounds silly? But such creatures do exist, or so I'm told.)
[right][snapback]66330[/snapback][/right]<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->I think Mudy meant that some Americans were so ignorant that they couldn't even bother referring to him as Indian. Like you say - 'mistaken' identity. But I think it might well be more than that. There are still quite a number of Americans who think the world's population consists only of three groups: Caucasians, Africans and 'Chinese'. And everyone who's not Caucasian or 'Chinese' is immediately labelled African. But I've seen some Americans reviewing films claim how lighter Indian people like Aishwarya 'must have some Oryan blood' only because they happen to find such Indians attractive. Thanks to AIT.
Similarly, attractive Africans are accused of needing to have had some 'white ancestry' - presumably because they 'could not have been so attractive otherwise'.
This is just racism.
In the case of this singer, it could be mere ignorance on the part of those referring to him as African American or may be they just can't be bothered finding out that there are many other human populations besides the three mentioned above, or perhaps they misidentify on purpose. ("You African." "No, I'm an Indian, you ignoramus." "Yeah, whatever, you're all the same anyway." Sounds silly? But such creatures do exist, or so I'm told.)