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A bit nit-picky with the Andre Berto stuff imo. Yes his parents are from Haiti, but he (as I understand it) is in fact from the US, and of African decent. True that the term itself is clearly a result of the 'P.C.' movement, and the classification itself is rather questionable. However, he is black, and American, so the designation is not entirely inaccurate as I see it. And, by and large Haitian blacks are decedents of the slave trade as well, so again it is more of a mucky area then a mis-designation in my opinion.
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Here's my problem with the term...
If, say Lennox Lewis, were walking down any given street in America and was spotted by someone who never in their life watched a fight, he'd be labeled "African-American." You wouldn't know from where he hails just by looking at him, and are merely replacing "Black" with "African-American".
If that's the sole intent (and it's clearly become the main use of the term), then just say Black fighter (or Black whatever). I've never in my life been called Irish-American, and never in my life took offense to being called White, even though Black and White are the vaguest descriptions to label a person.
With Berto - he knows from where his ancestors hailed, so to reach around that and still claim African is both unnecessary and absurd. The equivalent would be my claiming to be Spanish-American, since I technically have Spanish in my blood from generations long ago.Last edited by JakeNDaBox; 01-09-2009, 01:30 PM.Comment
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