If you are easily offended stop reading now. I hate being called African-American. I'm a American. I'm Black but I'm a American. I've been in the US Marine Corps for 12 years next month and fighting for the freedoms afforded all Americans. I can't even pretend I understand why Black people like to be called African-American. I've heard all the bullshit about being closer to your roots and we don't belong here bullshit and honestly I cant identify with that. America has a issue with race that definitely needs to be addressed. There are plenty ways people of color are oppressed in this country. I 'm no idiot and I don't believe everyone here is equal. But don't hyphenate me. Most Black people couldn't trace their roots back to Africa if they tried. Secondly most black people wouldn't want to go back to the places in Africa from which they came. Imagine waking up in some African village living under circumstances you never could have never possibly imagined. Fuck that shit. Saying you're African-American doesn't bring closer to reclaiming the roots you're trying to have. African-American come in all shades and colors. The only prerequisite is to be of African decent, not slave decent. I love being Black and I'm proud of that. Africans don't identify with Black Americans we're different. I've had these conversations where African-Americans are saying we need to go back to the motherland and this that and the third. Kill that shit. I'm not going anywhere. I'm not putting my energy into building any country but the one that gave me the opportunity to be in the position to build. I'm not feeding children all over the world when American children a starving. Change starts in the home. If I cant fix my own home I need to stay my ass out of my neighbors house. But the point here is this. We've yet to see any rescue boats or search parties coming across from Africa looking for us. Shit I haven't even seen a "Come on Home" sign in any news coverage of Africa. Black people have a history in America it's a harsh one but its ours none the less. We need to stop trying to hold on to our "African roots" and focus on making our country a more equal society. That's my two cents for Independence Day. God bless America and no place else. Holla
Hutch
