• Raven Wright
    Raven Wright commented on Raven Wright's poll.
    Thank you to those, who voted on this poll. I hope some of you come back and explain what other ways Black Americans can describe themselves and the reasons why a particular label is better than another. I had recently seen a Wendy Williams video on...  more
    • Raven Wright
      Raven Wright Many of you say you want black unity. Unity requires one label, one philosophy, one non-profit group unifying all others. If Black American slave descendants are calling our selves a million different labels, we have disunity from the start since we...  more
      • · May 30, 2017
    • Raven Wright
      Justtwo 2 I identify as African-American and/or Black American - but NOT a product of U.S. slavery, and I also identify as West Indian (Caribbean) and a product of Caribbean slavery
      • May 31, 2017
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      • Raven Wright
        Justtwo 2 Recently I've started referring to myself and others as Afro-diasporan. I'm thinking maybe we should just reject any kind of identification with our oppressors. 
        • · May 31, 2017
      • Raven Wright
        Raven Wright African-American is historically inaccurate for descendants of Black American slavery. (1) It suggests we voluntarily colonized Native American land. (2) It is a hyphenated immigrant identity that erases the memory of slavery, crimes, damages, and...  more
        • June 2, 2017
    • Raven Wright
      Raven Wright I voted for Black American in the poll. This label is historically accurate. I am a Black American slave descendant, whose ancestors were forced onto Native American land within U.S. borders. My ancestors were enslaved from West Africa because they...  more
      • May 31, 2017
    • Raven Wright
      Raven Wright Thank you to those, who voted on this poll. I hope some of you come back and explain what other ways Black Americans can describe themselves and the reasons why a particular label is better than another. I had recently seen a Wendy Williams video on...  more
      • November 29, 2017
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