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Accepted by Blacks?

Where did you get that from? I know of no tribe in Africa caled negro. In the US, which is what I assume you and most people get their ideas of a black person, they may have been called that and used it in the past, but that does not mean that it was accepted. When you were kidnapped and shut out of society, it is hard to figure out what you should be called, since half whites cannot be called white - yet. This article is clearly biased and I would not doubt if it is just anohter one created by white supremacist groups who roam the internet trying to make it appear as if they are larger than what they are.--71.235.94.254 19:29, 28 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

As a matter of fact, there is little or any evidence that the word Negro ever encountered any objection from black people until the late 1960's, when the word rather abruptly went out of favor. During most of U.S. history it was by far the most respectful term for black people, was the term most commonly used by (among others) Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass, Thurgood Marshal, Charles H. Houston, Martin Luther King, and in fact just about everybody. I've never been able to figure out how and why this word suddenly became regarded as offensive. I do know that it was Malcolm X who first popularized the idea that there was something wrong with it. I also know that prior to Malcolm's popularity, not only "Negro" but "Colored" were quite acceptable to black people. I guess this was just one of those linguistic coups that comes along every once in a while. Of course, if people now regard the word as offensive, we shouldn't use it, no matter how it may have originally come to be regarded as such. But for sure there was hardly anyone who thought of the word Negro as offensive or inappropriate, or indeed as anything but a quite respectful term, until the late 60's. Tom129.93.17.229 00:22, 8 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Portugal and Africa

How come the article states that Portugal first came into contact with Africa while trying to find trade routes? Portugal was an extension of Africa and came into contact (literally) with Africa at least 700 years prior! Black(I know there were 'other' types too) Moors as clearly dipicted by Europeans were in Portugal as rulers. I always find it funny when whites try to run away from this fact and try to make it appear as if there are two different types of black (complexion) Africans. The Moors were black, which is why they were NOT called Arabs. They were from Africa, not Asia. They may have been called Moors beofre Africans were called negros, but they were black as well. You also have to keep in mind that Europeans only knew the parts of Africa that was Muslim dominated, this is why they went around the west coast of Africa - to avoid the Muslims who controlled the Medditeranean.

Stop the lies and get the facts straight. There are too many Euopean deipctions of clearl black Moors in RULING positions ans well as blacks in slave positions, which you will find in Africa even today. I guess since North Africa controlled whites and imported them as slaves as well as mixing with Europeans, white pride feels the need to lie about this aspect of Euopean reality. Not everyone stays on top forever.--71.235.94.254 20:23, 28 July 2007 (UTC)\[reply]