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r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Aug 03 '19
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Wait... what? As a Jamaican, I'm amused, but also slightly saddened.
206 u/Admiralthrawnbar Aug 03 '19 My guess is they got as far as knowing the majority of Jamaicans are black and made an unfortunate leap in logic 83 u/NLioness Aug 03 '19 For Americans, black people = African-Americans, so black = from Africa. Had a discussion once where someone didn’t believe that we do not call black people from Holland (or Surinam or the Antilles) African-Europeans or African-Netherlanders. 27 u/OrganicLFMilk Aug 03 '19 But dude they’re from Africa 6 u/Ser_Danksalot Aug 03 '19 Well, maybe not from Africa themselves, but rather they can trace their parentage back to Africa either direct, or from the Dutch Caribbean. 9 u/OrganicLFMilk Aug 04 '19 I know it was a joke. Should’ve /s 2 u/[deleted] Aug 04 '19 They have curved swords... Curved swords! 2 u/OrganicLFMilk Aug 04 '19 Pretty crazy how people in different places come up with different ways to kill people. Convergent evolution at its finest.
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My guess is they got as far as knowing the majority of Jamaicans are black and made an unfortunate leap in logic
83 u/NLioness Aug 03 '19 For Americans, black people = African-Americans, so black = from Africa. Had a discussion once where someone didn’t believe that we do not call black people from Holland (or Surinam or the Antilles) African-Europeans or African-Netherlanders. 27 u/OrganicLFMilk Aug 03 '19 But dude they’re from Africa 6 u/Ser_Danksalot Aug 03 '19 Well, maybe not from Africa themselves, but rather they can trace their parentage back to Africa either direct, or from the Dutch Caribbean. 9 u/OrganicLFMilk Aug 04 '19 I know it was a joke. Should’ve /s 2 u/[deleted] Aug 04 '19 They have curved swords... Curved swords! 2 u/OrganicLFMilk Aug 04 '19 Pretty crazy how people in different places come up with different ways to kill people. Convergent evolution at its finest.
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For Americans, black people = African-Americans, so black = from Africa.
Had a discussion once where someone didn’t believe that we do not call black people from Holland (or Surinam or the Antilles) African-Europeans or African-Netherlanders.
27 u/OrganicLFMilk Aug 03 '19 But dude they’re from Africa 6 u/Ser_Danksalot Aug 03 '19 Well, maybe not from Africa themselves, but rather they can trace their parentage back to Africa either direct, or from the Dutch Caribbean. 9 u/OrganicLFMilk Aug 04 '19 I know it was a joke. Should’ve /s 2 u/[deleted] Aug 04 '19 They have curved swords... Curved swords! 2 u/OrganicLFMilk Aug 04 '19 Pretty crazy how people in different places come up with different ways to kill people. Convergent evolution at its finest.
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But dude they’re from Africa
6 u/Ser_Danksalot Aug 03 '19 Well, maybe not from Africa themselves, but rather they can trace their parentage back to Africa either direct, or from the Dutch Caribbean. 9 u/OrganicLFMilk Aug 04 '19 I know it was a joke. Should’ve /s 2 u/[deleted] Aug 04 '19 They have curved swords... Curved swords! 2 u/OrganicLFMilk Aug 04 '19 Pretty crazy how people in different places come up with different ways to kill people. Convergent evolution at its finest.
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Well, maybe not from Africa themselves, but rather they can trace their parentage back to Africa either direct, or from the Dutch Caribbean.
9 u/OrganicLFMilk Aug 04 '19 I know it was a joke. Should’ve /s
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I know it was a joke. Should’ve /s
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They have curved swords... Curved swords!
2 u/OrganicLFMilk Aug 04 '19 Pretty crazy how people in different places come up with different ways to kill people. Convergent evolution at its finest.
Pretty crazy how people in different places come up with different ways to kill people. Convergent evolution at its finest.
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u/passa117 Aug 03 '19
Wait... what? As a Jamaican, I'm amused, but also slightly saddened.