The Study of Racialism

quin79 · New User Joined: 14 Mar 2007 {Posts: 47 }

the ethiopian/german is gorgeous. very beautiful. Some of the most beautiful women are ethiopian. Just thought I say that. Anyway, I thought'll i respond. Its funny how people seem to mention the "ethiopian" look. I, myself, have been asked if I was ethiopian or mistaken for an ethiopian from ethiopians, other east africans, and other people who are friends with Ethiopians. Its funny because I am Black American. I dont whether or not I have ethiopian ancestry(a VERY small percentage of slaves who came to the US came from East Africa. But it mostly from West and Central Africa) or it was just to way my African(wherever ethnic groups or countries of origin) ancestry melded with my Europeon(French, Italian, British) ancestry. I dont know.

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anonymouse · Wizard Joined: 09 Oct 2007 {Posts: 603 }

My ex (maybe once again soon to be current Wink

) g/f gets the same. What makes it even worse is that her first name is Amharic. What are the odds that a black woman from South America who was purposely given an Ethiopian name at birth would end up possessing Ethiopian facial features as well?

She says that she doesn't have the stereotypical Ethiopian woman's posterior. Hers, she quips, was inherited directly from her indigenous great grandmother. It's flat. lol

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Richard Miller · Posted: Sat 21 Jun 2008 20:46 Post subject:

G-Man · Moderator Joined: 27 Nov 2004 {Posts: 2613 }

Ethiopia is filled with many diverse peoples. The Ethiopians who were considered dark Caucasians were the Semitic or Cushitic-speaking peoples. I don't think Mariam is one of those Ethiopians who would have been considered Caucasian.

From Wikipedia (not sure of the accuracy) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mengistu_Haile_Mariam

Early life
Mengistu's father, Haile Mariam, was a former slave who was in the service of an aristocratic sub-provincial governor, the Shoan landowner Afenegus Eshete Geda. Eshete encountered Haile Mariam while he was on a hunting expedition at the administrative district of Gimira and Maji (in Southern Ethiopia), then under the governorship of Dejazmach Taye Gulilat. Afenegus Eshete Geda was the half-brother of Dejazmatch Kebede's wife, Woizero Yitateku Kidane, and it was through this connection that Mengistu's parents are alleged to have met.[citation needed]

Mengistu's grandmother, Totit (literally "monkey", a name used to call slaves), was still alive when he seized power, and had become an Orthodox nun. Supposedly, on the special orders of her grandson, the nationalization of land did not apply to her. She continued to own the land near the Holetta Military Academy just 30 miles from Addis Ababa, which Empress Zauditu had granted her for services prior to her expulsion from the palace in 1928. Popular legend however states that the elderly nun did not thank her grandson for this favor, and indeed used to curse him for deposing the Emperor.[citation needed]

As a child Mengistu endured comments about his appearance, rooted in the Konso background on his father's side.[citation needed] His features were far more "Negroid" than the average highlander Ethiopian, which Paul Henze believes gave him an inferiority complex; Henze also notes that while receiving military training in the United States, Mengistu experienced racial discrimination, which led him to a later strong anti-American sentiment (Henze, however, was unable to find evidence of any such incidents).[4] When he took power, and attended the meeting of Derg members at the 4th Division headquarters in Addis Ababa, Mengistu exclaimed with emotion:

In this country, some aristocratic families automatically categorize persons with dark skin, thick lips, and kinky hair as "Barias" (Amharic for slave)... let it be clear to everybody that I shall soon make these ignoramuses stoop and grind corn!

Professor Bahru Zewde notes that Mengistu was distinguished by a "special ability to size up situations and persons." Although Bahru notes that some observers "rather charitably" equated this ability with intelligence, the professor believes this skill is more akin to "street smarts": "it is rather closer to the mark to see it as inner-city smartness (or what in local parlance would be called aradanat)."[5]

Mengistu graduated from the Oletta Academy, one of the two important military academies of Ethiopia.[6]

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Salsassin · Suspended Joined: 04 Apr 2005 {Posts: 3508 }

LOL. this article brings me memories as I befriended a Tigist a while back because of her article. It is actually a pretty old article that just keeps on getting reposted.

Richard Miller · Posted: Wed 02 Jul 2008 12:21 Post subject:

According to this, Ethopians were considered negro... and... Ainus were considered caucasion? Aren't Ainus second only Korean immigrants in terms of being subject to prejudice in Japan?

I can at least say that this chart seems a little less biased, as there's really nothing to gain from claiming Ainus, and they're not claiming any groups from Africa, except Arabs.

anonymouse · Wizard Joined: 09 Oct 2007 {Posts: 603 }

Hello

My name is Anonymouse and I am happy to report that I have discovered that I am descended from the Forest Negros. Now the mystery of why I periodically yearn to strip down to my loincloth and run free through the forest been revealed.

Laughing

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