Wikipedia talk:Articles for deletion/Anti-African
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anti-African means just what anti-Arab or anti-Hispanic means, or anti-Jewish. What about Anti-Semitic doesn’t that offer the same problems as anti-African Mr Strothra. After all many African and all Arabs are "Semitic". But you single out Anti-African. Anti (against) African (a people and a place). ---Halaqah 18:59, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
- Yes, anti-semitic presents an incredible number of problems. Primarily, it is problematic because "semetic" refers to individuals who speak a semetic langage. Both Hebrew and Arabic are semetic languages. Anti-semetic, however, is a term in popular and scholarly usage and is not neologism. Anti-African is hardly a scholarly term and no cultural anthrpologist or historian would ever adopt the term without losing much academic integrity. --Strothra 19:03, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
How exactly are you to make these bold statements? Have u read every book? Been to every lecture? Why is it i find this reference in the most celebrated African American scholar Molefi Asante or are you only talking about White academics. What strong arrogant words. The dominance of Jewish history would naturally mean it is more widely used. Anti-African is hardly a word that was just invented, why would someone lose credits for using it--Are you serious? Why was the Nanjing riots called Anti-African? So we can have anti-everybody but the Africans correct?-
go and see BBC is anti-African but you would probably say i went to school with them and their site is thus not valid (affiliates)--Halaqah 19:14, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
- No, I am not speaking solely of white academics. I, myself, am a student of Arab culture in a PhD program. I am quite sensitive to culture and refuse to accept terms such as Anti-African. Africa is a continent, not a culture. There are many cultures in Africa ranging from Bantu, Masaai, etc. I refuse to accept any term which ignores the vast diversity of the continent. Such terms destroy ethnic identity and are essentially a form of cultural genocide. This is the last I will try to argue with someone the likes of you. --Strothra 19:18, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
listen stick to what you know, you just said no scholar/academic blah blah, i brought you two sources and now yo off talking about Arab Cultural studies. These terms are not perfect, you just agreed that anti-Semitic is less than perfect even worse than anti-African. It would be better to say anti-Jewish. You know that you study Semitic speaking people, i study Semitic speaking African (Hausa and Ethiopian). If you refuse to accept it doesnt invalidate it. I refuse to accept many things but i dont walk around deleting work on that basis. I dont like the term black people it ignores as you said the diversity of Africa. But what you are arguing is outside of logic because humans use terms to group people, so not liking the term, then what term would we use, Anti-Hausa, what about anti-Ethiopian (60 or so ethnic groups). Draw the line and get in line. U dont know me so run away from the discussion. This is your validation of your knowledge "i am not talking to your type anymore" that must be the "black types"---Halaqah 19:26, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
But i guess you are one up on Molefi Asante because you study Arabic studies, man no one treats Jewish history like this--and rightfully so. Imagine me up on the Jewish site talking like this. No I have respect!----Halaqah 19:29, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
- 100% KEEP!!! the term anti africn is absolutely necessary a term which is used and relevant by most.
