Sineater - Yank questions :)

[lobs211]

Sineater - Is "Yank" like racial vilification? Is that politically incorrect?

Anyway - trying to take my mind off my business in other thread and I have some questions 🙂

ok so I really wanna know: Do black Americans have a connection with Africa? Do they consider it home? Do they like go back and find their people/ tribe/ families?

Can they trace that? And do they identify by tribe? So eg) If Oprah met Obama - do they talk tribes? Areas thier people from or do they just consider themselves American?? and have no connection to country?

I really wanna know this - thanks 🙂

[this-one-time-at-bandcamp]

Kinda like when Others come to Aus, they still speak their language at home and they certainly pass down traditions to their offspring.

15 generations removed?

[tcmsecretuseid]

LOL. No my black friends, and their children are Americans. They go to school with fellow Americans, and they really don't have anything in common with African tribes. 

My fathers ancestors were Cherokee Indians. I know very little about the Indian culture. I have no ties to any tribe. 

There are still some Indian tribes who do recognize their culture, and history. 

[lobs211]

Is **bleep** getting hung on me and I dont even know it??

Yeah maybe Pimpy, this makes more sense for American Indian people? I still dont understand why black Americans arent interested in where the come from LOL but I dont know any, never met one

It looks like its just not important??

I find that really interesting

[tcmsecretuseid]

Pimpy, my husband was born and raised in Scotland. He lived in New Zealand for three years when he was a kid. They all called him a pommy when he lived there. 

My two sons were born in America. They have been to Scotland many times, but they don't feel as if they are Scottish. I have a step-daughter who moved to Adelaide (from Scotland) nearly 5 years ago.  Her twins are starting to sound very Australian. I'm sure the girls  will think of themselves as (mostly) Australian when they grow up. 

[lobs211]

My fathers ancestors were Cherokee Indians. I know very little about the Indian culture. I have no ties to any tribe. 

Tmc - dont you have a connection then to the Cherokee tribe? You dont identify?

one-time - 15 generations is nothing - try 60,000 years LOL  and yep still going strong 🙂

[tcmsecretuseid]

Lobs, I don't know any black people who are "from" Africa. They ancestors were brought here several generations ago. 

[tcmsecretuseid]

I'm off for dinner... but very quickly, no, I don't know anything about the culture as it is now. The Indians were put on reservations, and a lot of the records were lost. My fathers dad lived on a reservation when he was younger. I've seen one picture of that. He died before I was born. 

[this-one-time-at-bandcamp]

one-time - 15 generations is nothing - try 60,000 years LOL  and yep still going strong

I guess I misunderstood your statement.......when you said Others, you were referring to the aboriginals, not the Greeks, Poles, English or Americans who emigrated to Australia.........I can understand their clinging to their tribal and ethnic customs, much as many of our "Native Americans" do.........

[this-one-time-at-bandcamp]

Oh, and the first black American I ever met was an American Marine in Geelong.  He was part of a cruiser's baseball team, and they played a series of games against my dad's team, the Geelong Cats.  It was from the two Marines who stayed at our place that I was given so much candy corn, that I couldn't look at it for decades after.

[love*today]

I said others and I was referring not to aboriginals.

If the family is a strong proud family of their heritage I cannot see why customs and stories would not be handed down? Even through 15 generations. Children's customs come from their upbringing.
I cannot speak for African Americans but some celebrities come across as very proud of their history.