Is Floyd Mayweather African American?

[larry x]

I'm making fun of the "Is Cotto A Mulato Thread".

Why are people discussing peoples racial background?

Does it have anything to do with boxing ability, what goes on in the ring, future matchs up?

Is it relevant to ANYTHING at all?

Nope.

So this is me being a **** in response to that.

i think the cotto thread was legit...some people never seen him with hair..and its an honest question..this thread is just.....dumb

[IMDAZED]

wdf? of course he is an african american... that's the nice way to say black

geezus, I've heard it all. Do people really believe this?

[FMJ The Best]

"I'm the "whitest" Puerto Rican on planet Earth"

YOU WISH..lol

In terms of "acting" and "sounding" white yes. I hate just about all spanish music, don't hang a flag in my rear view and don't go to the parade each year. There is nothing Puerto Rican about me. I'm very Americanized. I'm all about burgers and baked potatos and such.

[deliveryman]

Read the very first sentence on Wikipedia for Christ sake.

African Americans or Black Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have origins in any of the black populations of Africa.[5] In the United States, the terms are generally used for Americans with at least partial Sub-Saharan African ancestry. Most African Americans are the direct descendants of captive Africans who survived the slavery era within the boundaries of the present United States, although some are—or are descended from—voluntary immigrants from African, Caribbean, Central American or South American nations.[6] African Americans make up the single largest racial minority in the United States and form the second largest racial group after whites in the United States.

[Maestro USA]

If a white guy and his wife who are born in South Africa immigrate to the US and get citizenship, do they become African-American?

The term "African-American" is ******. 25% of Americans have African blood, and a HUGE percentage of Blacks in the US have European or Native American heritage as well. Guys like Roy Jones, Kobe Bryant, and the BROWN BOMBER Joe Louis have a solid amount of white blood in them. Are they suddenly, "Part African American".

I wonder if Joan Guzman calls himself an "African-Dominican". LOL

[FMJ The Best]

Ultimately the point is we all are from Africa.

But when you're specific about titles, races, nationalities and such.

If you were born here you are American.

I'm not Puerto Rican American.

Germans aren't Germericans.

[krispy kreme]

I think it's just another way to bring the "wrong" distinction between people. Whoopi Goldberg made a comment about this and she said that she just rather be called American.

[elfag]

Youre just playing around with semantics.

Its pretty obvious Floyd is black, you can call it what you want it, african american or black american or whatever.

Of course he is still american, thats nationality versus ethnicity.

[deliveryman]

I think it's just another way to bring the "wrong" distinction between people. Whoopi Goldberg made a comment about this and she said that she just rather be called American.

What exactly is a "wrong distinction" and what would then make a "right distinction"? Last time I checked, distinction is distinction.

Are we suppose to pretend black people don't exist, or do but just not ever refer to them as a group of people?

[Dynamite Kid]

There is no such thing as African American. You dont here black British folk calling themselves African British do you?

Why? because in America that term "African American" usually applies to a black person, but that sounds as though you are saying that if that persons skin tone is black or mixed race they must come from Africa. Which is dumb because there are also white Africans.

Ive never understood why Americans use that term.