ethnic groups

  1. Rhapture

    Can pride exist without ego?

    In your opinion are they synonymous? Are they good or bad? They both can lead to arrogance and vanity. They also can be sources of confidence and motivation. Pride associated images/symbols/examples Ego associated images/symbols/examples
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    They look white but say they're black: a tiny town in Ohio wrestles with race

    Many residents in East Jackson were raised to identify as black. But what dictates race: where you live, your DNA, the history you’re taught? by Khushbu Shah The stale, smoky air around Clarice Shreck heaves. She takes a long hit of oxygen from the tube under her nose. She leans forward...
  3. Indiglow Meta (R$G)

    Do Jamaicans have a 1 drop rule?

    I'm curious... What is a "brown jamaican"? I read a passage by Canadian "breh" Malcolm Gladwell and he said his mother wasn't considered "black" like an African American, but "brown", like another group altogether, due to her "Irish Planter" heritage. :jbhmm: Could some of y'all assist an...
  4. Rhapture

    Azealia Banks Calls Out Cardi B For Ignoring Dominican Republic's Ethnic Cleansing

    Azealia Banks Calls Out Cardi B For Ignoring Dominican Republic's Ethnic Cleansing By Zaynab Jan 23, 2019 15:38 17K Views 151 34 Kieran Frost/Redferns She says her recent statements against the Trump administration seem "performative" considering her home country's struggles. Cardi B...
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    Do Aframs have their own Sandwich???

    I just got done choking down the GOAT sammich, the Italian beef and sausage :dame: and got to thinking, every ethnic group appears to have their own sandwich except Aframs. Jews got the sandwich game on lock. Most notable is the pastrami on rye. Italians got Cheesesteak and Italian beef...
  6. Asicz

    Whats is your ethnic background?

    Whats is your ethnic background?
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    The Most Successful Ethnic Group in America May Surprise You...

    Great read. The Most Successful Ethnic Group in the U.S. May Surprise You :ohhh: I think its that unfettered capitalism that A. Bourdain was talking about in Lagos at play here.
  8. The Odum of Ala Igbo

    Re-Assessing Jared Diamond's 'Guns, Germs and Steel'

    I forgot about this book but I recently stumbled on a conversation about Chapter 19 of the book entitled, "How Africa Became Black". Diamond's premise is that the Bantu-Migration from Nigeria/Cameroon over 2000 years ago is the reason why Africa is a Black continent. Diamond's theory, however...
  9. The Odum of Ala Igbo

    The Peopling of Africa

    @Akan @IllmaticDelta @Poitier @KidStranglehold Rice and Yam Hearth I came across a book (The Peopling of Africa: A Geographic Interpretation, Yale, 1995)which details how the African continent became 'peopled'. The book has information on population movements, the impact of differing...
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