Abyssinian
Don’t call me African-American. Don’t call me colored. Don’t call me Ethiopian. Don’t call me Ethiopian American. I want to be called Abyssinian. I am Cushitic - the descendants of the original inhabitants of modern day Ethiopia. My upbringings are of the Nile valley. I am born of the original beings who served to be the cradle of humanity. I stand for my Abyssinian brother and sisters still in bondage of a governmental regime, and who flee their ancestral lands for a better future in America. I cannot be African-American, American, nor Ethiopian because labels imposed on my kind will not define me.
Most if not all, I cannot be an African-American. It is a conflicting term in that, if divided into African and American, one can link …show more content…
For instance, the one drop rule, which states any one with a drop of colored blood is thus colored, has substantial implications of how politicians approach the African-American demographic to this day. Even though the principles of the one drop rule are extremely outdated, a significant amount of forms do not provide a category for multiracial individuals, forcing them to identify as African-American. Politicians gain from this because by maximizing the populace of a minority group, they can easily fuel the inferiority mentality of said group. This assists in creating tension to strengthen the racial divides that politicians swear they will fix. All the while, they gain from African-American votes and …show more content…
Ethiopia is frequently known as the independent black nation that was left untouched by the colonial hand. Ethiopia is also accredited with Africa’s most intricate kingdoms. However, many do not know “Abyssinia” was Ethiopia’s original name, and that the totalitarian regime which only recently, had adopted the name Ethiopia. The term itself means “burnt face”, and was used to describe East Africans long ago by the ancient Greeks in reference to our dark skin. Despite its rich history, what it has become today is a disgrace. Today Ethiopia is ruled by a regime that has stripped Ethiopia of its good name. While the governmental officials live off the expense of the people, the Abyssinians are being taken away from their beautiful lands along the Nile, and are scattered about as their ancestral lands are sold to foreign investors. It is devastating to the Abyssinian to see such a land be
Don’t call me African-American. Don’t call me colored. Don’t call me Ethiopian. Don’t call me Ethiopian American. I want to be called Abyssinian. I am Cushitic - the descendants of the original inhabitants of modern day Ethiopia. My upbringings are of the Nile valley. I am born of the original beings who served to be the cradle of humanity. I stand for my Abyssinian brother and sisters still in bondage of a governmental regime, and who flee their ancestral lands for a better future in America. I cannot be African-American, American, nor Ethiopian because labels imposed on my kind will not define me.
Most if not all, I cannot be an African-American. It is a conflicting term in that, if divided into African and American, one can link …show more content…
For instance, the one drop rule, which states any one with a drop of colored blood is thus colored, has substantial implications of how politicians approach the African-American demographic to this day. Even though the principles of the one drop rule are extremely outdated, a significant amount of forms do not provide a category for multiracial individuals, forcing them to identify as African-American. Politicians gain from this because by maximizing the populace of a minority group, they can easily fuel the inferiority mentality of said group. This assists in creating tension to strengthen the racial divides that politicians swear they will fix. All the while, they gain from African-American votes and …show more content…
Ethiopia is frequently known as the independent black nation that was left untouched by the colonial hand. Ethiopia is also accredited with Africa’s most intricate kingdoms. However, many do not know “Abyssinia” was Ethiopia’s original name, and that the totalitarian regime which only recently, had adopted the name Ethiopia. The term itself means “burnt face”, and was used to describe East Africans long ago by the ancient Greeks in reference to our dark skin. Despite its rich history, what it has become today is a disgrace. Today Ethiopia is ruled by a regime that has stripped Ethiopia of its good name. While the governmental officials live off the expense of the people, the Abyssinians are being taken away from their beautiful lands along the Nile, and are scattered about as their ancestral lands are sold to foreign investors. It is devastating to the Abyssinian to see such a land be