1 year ago29 points(+0/-0/+29Score on mirror)1 child
They want it both ways like many/most blacks in the US. They want to use their skin color for the minority privileges(including perpetual victimhood) and they will praise Mother Africa as their homeland. But when an actual Italian or generational American says they do not represent the sovereign country they are offended.
It is as obvious as if he immigrated to Somalia and claimed to be a representative of Somalia. If a native Somalian said he didn't represent them he wouldn't be offended. It goes beyond the physical characteristics too
1 year ago17 points(+0/-0/+17Score on mirror)2 children
I ask people “when you close your eyes and say CHINA , what kind of person do you imagine? “. Play this game with several easy countries. Than try France or USA… watch as they change their story about what looks mean to a country. Pretty funny
> um, sweetie, I am actually African Italian, and we are oppressed so gibs me dat
True Italians, like true Americans or true Germans, don't have another word attached to their racial identity. They are simply American, or German, or Swedish. If their country fails, they have nowhere else to go, not since we discovered the last frontier being the New World. Their racial identity is a gift and a burden. Adding a prefixed race inherently makes it an oxymoron, an impossibility. You can't bow to two kings.
1 year ago11 points(+0/-0/+11Score on mirror)2 children
The Romans originally had a fairly concrete understanding of the difference between a "Roman citizen" and a person who was merely subject to Roman rule, which we would today call a "resident" or "national". Citizens were true Romans who had the right to vote and other legal privileges. Non-citizens were not truly Roman. As their empire declined, more and more subjects were granted citizenship and this distinction was lost. Big surprise, the more foreigners were accepted as "Roman", the more unstable the government became and the more quality of life declined for the true Roman people.
Many places still adopt a similar hierarchy, the Emerati of Dubai being similar for example. A good system to retain sovereignty whilst remaining realistic.
1 year ago2 points(+0/-0/+2Score on mirror)1 child
No a national is a member of the people. For instance you were a Yugoslav citizen but a Croatian national. Nation comes from birth. Natio is old Latin for born (of).
1 year ago11 points(+0/-0/+11Score on mirror)2 children
They'll differentiate themselves as "African American" or "African Italian" and then when whites say "See, they are Africans" or any kind of hyphenated-nation the blacks get all bent out of shape.
God gave them a whole fucking continent. They should stay there.