Alvin Holmes gives a lesson in common sense
2009 January 21
State Rep. Alvin Holmes shares my opinion that the term “African-American” is ridiculous.
“I dislike very much anybody using that word African-American,” Holmes said.
“The only people who want to use African-American are these pointy headed, briefcase-toting black intellectuals,” Holmes said. “I ain’t never had nobody in my district support people who called themselves African-American.”
Read the whole thing for yourself. It’s pretty amusing.
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“We’re all Americans first.”
On this, I agree with Holmes.
“African-American means anybody from the continent of Africa”
Obama fits that better than most black people, since his father was from Africa – but I don’t use ‘hyphenated-American’. I’m not very PC.
Remember that CNN (Carol Lin) is so idiotically PC that they used the term “African-American” to describe French black people (Tunisian Muslims in that case) rioting in Paris.
That’s great! No doubt about it, Sen. Holmes never fails to speak his mind.
Make that Rep. Holmes.