Are Ethiopians and Somalians Black?
I dont know much about Eastern Africans but I think Ethiopian and Somalian women are gorgeous. They have a unique beauty different from every women on the planet but I have often heard that Ethiopian and Somalians do not consider themselves to be black. They may have a point because having brown skin or being born in Africa doesn't automatically make one black for e.g. Northern Africans like Moroccans and Egyptians are considered to be Arabic.
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Permalink Reply by Charmer on -
I never heard of East African women not calling themselves black.? ...But there has been a lot of mixing with Arabs and Europeans. For example during Italy's Colonisation of Ethiopia many black women where raped producing lighter skinned Ethiops.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oromo_people
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Permalink Reply by Nathan Thompson on -
Oh yes there are some Somalians etc who do not see themselves as being black but as being caucasion due to their feautures. Also Ethiopia is the only African country to have never been colonised my friend. Mussolini tried but failed, at best it was oocupied for about 5 years or so. I know this because Rastafarians make a bloody big deal of this.
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Permalink Reply by Nathan Thompson on
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Most Ethiopians are descendants of pagans and animist not hebrews. You may be confusing majority of Ethiopians with Falasha Jews who claim to have converted to Judaism when the legendary King Solomon and Queen of Sheba's child Menelik returned to his mother's Cushite/Nubian Empire.
Ethiopia then was not where it is now. Ethiopia today was originally called Abbysinnia. The Abbbysinnians defeated the true Kingdom of Ethiopia which lay in the Nubian Empire.
In truth modern day Ethiopia (Abbysinnia) as we know it has no mention within the bible.
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Permalink Reply by Nathan Thompson on
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I would go on to say the modern day Ethiopia is mentioned in the new testament but the old testament Ethiopia is translated as Cush which was around the Sudan. It is common for people to refer to Cush as modern Ethiopia which is wrong so in truth no Abbysinnian has a claim to being a true descendant of the lengendary King Solomon!
Funny to hear this from a so called Rastafari but history is history therefore i have confronted my old bias beliefs.
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Permalink Reply by Ady on -
Iman, that's David Bowie's wife, I believe (he's also known for having a preference for black women).
As for Ethiopians, they look Blindian to me.
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Permalink Reply by Ady on
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Amen.
The thought of dark skinned people of colour in Africa no less insisting they are caucasian is laughable.
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Permalink Reply by Nathan Thompson on
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Black is a polictical statement yes. I think what they are saying is that they are not bantu black. People prefer to be refered to by their culture. You dont get Chinese calling themselves yellow or Natives red. It may soon catch on in order to mass label varying people like South Asians are starting to call themselves brown now.
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Permalink Reply by Nathan Thompson on
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Black & White does not identify someone. I am different from an African and Afro American in culture but no one would know this and assume just because i'm black i like rap, hip hop, fried chicken and water melon like the Afro Americans are stereotyped to do. Others prefer to identify themselves by their culture and being identified as Afro Caribbean is better in my opinion.
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Permalink Reply by Charmer on
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http://en.believethesign.com/index.php?title=Mussolini_invades_Ethi...
quote from the article;
The Italians showed favoritism to non-Christian ethnicities (i.e. non-Ethiopian Orthodox and Protestant people) such as the Oromo, Somali, and other Muslims (some of whom had supported the Italian invasion) in an attempt to isolate the Amhara, who had supported Emperor Haile Selassie. With Pope Pius XI silent on Mussolini's unprovoked and terrible conquest of Christian Ethiopia, the bloody Inquisition feared by Emperor Fasilides in 1624 A.D. had finally materialized.
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Permalink Reply by lil_missy on -
I do not know but I consider them Africans or Ethiopians or Somalians. I have seen Ethiopians with similiar colouring and hair as me tho.
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Permalink Reply by Derrick on -
It's kinda like the same way how some or many blacks in Latin America prefer to be called Latino or Hispanic, instead of being called black. They know that anything associated with the words black or Africa, or even the people who label themselves as such, are treated with extreme negativity and inequity.
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Permalink Reply by Charmer on
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Hey Derrick,
I found this article from race and history.com called 'Racial Label Surprises Many Latino Immigrants'.
http://www.raceandhistory.com/selfnews/viewnews.cgi?newsid104112592...
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