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Unlike the touchy Americans, South African Blacks are happy to be called black.
White people are called white, people of mixed race are called coloured, SE Asians are called Malay (even if their ancestors came from Indonesia) and South Asian Muslims are happy to be called Indian. Unlike the touchy Americans, South African Blacks are happy to be called black.
White people are called white, people of mixed race are called coloured, SE Asians are called Malay (even if their ancestors came from Indonesia) and South Asian Muslims are happy to be called Indian.
Mind you, it is common in Nguni languages to double up a name for emphasis, so the national football team is Bafana-Bafana, the Rugby team, Ama boka-boka ( Springboks geddit?) the paraplegic olympic team Ama Kroka-kroka. There are game parks called Mala-Mala and Sabi-Sabi so why not Darkie-Darkie?
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What is the black population of Alaska?
there are alot of people in Africa there are alot of people in Africa
How many black people were taken out of Africa as slaves?
9.5 million.
Where did people get slaves from?
Most of the slaves came from Africa because most of them were black over there
How were slaves usually captured in Africa during the slave trade?
They were captured by African slave traders
What European nations controlled Africa in the early 1900?
Black Jesus and Black Santa
