| He comes from Africa, he drives a big tractor nt 15:00 - Sep 1 with 3116 views | Skip_Intro |
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| He comes from Africa, he drives a big tractor nt on 14:25 - Sep 2 with 620 views | jayessess |
| He comes from Africa, he drives a big tractor nt on 14:14 - Sep 2 by Skip_Intro |
nobody called him "an African" - the chant says he comes from Africa...which he does... |
He is also African, it's not the accuracy here that is the issue, but about how people feel about their identity in a particular context.
Like I say, not necessarily a huge issue, but the perception that you're being ascribed by others a sort of undifferentiated African identity without acknowledgement of specificities is definitely something I've known people to feel irritated by. [Post edited 2 Sep 2022 14:33]
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| He comes from Africa, he drives a big tractor nt on 15:46 - Sep 2 with 569 views | blueasfook |
| He comes from Africa, he drives a big tractor nt on 14:25 - Sep 2 by jayessess |
He is also African, it's not the accuracy here that is the issue, but about how people feel about their identity in a particular context.
Like I say, not necessarily a huge issue, but the perception that you're being ascribed by others a sort of undifferentiated African identity without acknowledgement of specificities is definitely something I've known people to feel irritated by. [Post edited 2 Sep 2022 14:33]
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Understand. I would hate to be assigned some generic European identity.
That would lump me in with French, Germans and (perish the thought) Belgians. Ugh! |  |
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| He comes from Africa, he drives a big tractor nt on 17:35 - Sep 2 with 538 views | BigCommon |
| He comes from Africa, he drives a big tractor nt on 10:04 - Sep 2 by jayessess |
Don't think it's a huge thing but ... Africa's a big, diverse continent, that's often stereotyped and treated as a monolith. Not uncommon for people to feel a bit uncomfortable about being referred to as "an African" by Europeans who would usually be more precise when thinking about the people's origins. |
See what you mean.. |  | | |
| He comes from Africa, he drives a big tractor nt on 18:00 - Sep 2 with 524 views | Swansea_Blue |
| He comes from Africa, he drives a big tractor nt on 14:12 - Sep 2 by Leaky |
Well there's a lot on here wanting to be European, so what's the difference |
There's a lot on here who are European whether they want it or not. Including you if you were born somewhere in Europe, like in the UK for example.
I don't particularly see an issue with "he comes from Africa", but it's not hard to understand why it might be sensitive. Nobody's made a reference to Ahadme's African heritage*, for example, so such a topic could involve racial stereotyping. Not that I think for a minute that the OP is guilty of that. It's a minor thing, but doesn't hurt to be aware.
(*He qualifies for Morocco, so presumably his gran went on a day trip there once, or some such). [Post edited 2 Sep 2022 18:03]
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| He comes from Africa, he drives a big tractor nt on 23:26 - Sep 2 with 475 views | backinbeige |
| He comes from Africa, he drives a big tractor nt on 16:33 - Sep 1 by Stu_Magoo |
But "Hold the Line" doesn't really fit |
HOLD THE LINE.
FINIDI ISNT ALWAYS ON TIME-no you’re right it doesn’t quite work, too many syllables |  |
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| He comes from Africa, he drives a big tractor nt on 23:35 - Sep 2 with 452 views | jeera |
| He comes from Africa, he drives a big tractor nt on 14:12 - Sep 2 by Leaky |
Well there's a lot on here wanting to be European, so what's the difference |
"a lot on here wanting to be European..."
How, after all this time...
Just how? |  |
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| He comes from Africa, he drives a big tractor nt on 11:20 - Sep 3 with 334 views | nick141 |
| He comes from Africa, he drives a big tractor nt on 10:04 - Sep 2 by jayessess |
Don't think it's a huge thing but ... Africa's a big, diverse continent, that's often stereotyped and treated as a monolith. Not uncommon for people to feel a bit uncomfortable about being referred to as "an African" by Europeans who would usually be more precise when thinking about the people's origins. |
Exactly this - I should have said it my op |  | | |
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