im glad my comment sparked such an insightful discussion. i also find it interesting that perrin disagrees with the use of the term 'african-american' but is totally cool with 'negro'.

and im surprised hes even able to type with 3 indians inside him. remarkable.

i disagree with the word negro moe than the word african american

forget my last post after all negro is spanish for black

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I wonder perrin, would you call people born in greece under the roman empire Greek or Roman? How about being born in india or africa under the british empire?

Don't forget that the US was a Spanish/British/French colony too. Does anyone know any country that was never colonized/conquered? Norway perhaps?

Norway was in Union whit Sweden, and denmark ( not at the same time)and conqured by german (2ww).

Uhm..... Japan?

Hey, I just discovered something strange on Google Maps. Try zooming in on North Korea.

Ok, I tried zooming in on North Korea it wasn`t surprising, but funny anyway:)

Japan capitulated at the end off 2ww, I don`t know if that caunts.

But it was never really conquered, there were no American soldiers everywhere in Japan, it just decided to give up the war.

Japan hadde overgitt seg formelt til de allierte maktene den 2.september 1945, men det tok altså nesten syv år før det offisielt ble fred mellom landene som hadde vært i krig med landet og Japan.

Etter den andre verdenskrig ble landet okkupert av de allierte styrkene, ledet av USA sammen med British Commonwealth Occupation Force (soldater fra Australia, Storbritannia, Canada, India og New Zealand). Historisk er det eneste gangen at en fremmed makt har styrt de japanske øyene. http://www.side3.no/article3359398.ece

Japan had formally surrendered to the Allied Powers on September 2nd, 1945, but it took the almost seven years before it officially was peace between the countries that had been at war with that country and Japan.

After the second world war the country was occupied by Allied forces, led by the United States with British Commonwealth Occupation Force (soldiers from Australia, Britain, Canada, India and New Zealand). Historically, the only time that a foreign power has controlled the Japanese islands. Google translate

Santa Sede Stato della Città del Vaticano

Is never taken over, but it has only been a state since 1929.

And Ethiopia? I thought it was never colonized.

I think you are right on Ethiopia:)

i zoomed in on n.k. It was as blank as untouched snow.

I don't think Ethiopia was colonised except for the short period when Italy occupied it under Mussolini.

Ne·groid (ngroid) Anthropology
adj.
Of or being a major human racial classification traditionally distinguished by physical characteristics such as brown to black pigmentation and often tightly curled hair and including peoples indigenous to sub-Saharan Africa. See Usage Note at race.


Negro is short for Negroid, which is a scientific classification for physical characteristics of a race, not derogatory...
Mongoloid and Caucasoid are also not derogatory in original nature.

Tacticus, with my limited knowledge of those situations.. Greek and Indian/African or whatever country title is appropiate... Anyone defined as otherwise would generally be considered revolutionaries of some sort..

x, they were small indians.. like from that movie *indian in a cupboard* or w/e it was called..

Perrin, what're you [Paula Smith's](http://newsone.com/nation/newsonestaff9/yeah-right-creator-of-re-nig-bumber-sticker-says-its-not-racist/) PR rep or something?

I didn't know who that was til you mentioned it..
'Nig' is in reference to an outdated racist slave term, which has been embraced and kept alive by popular modern artists
Negro is in reference to Negroid, which has no direct relation to racism.

like comparing Honkey to Caucasoid.. just because they are more similar sounding, does not make the comparison any more accurate...
I support people getting themselves educated on the terms they use.