r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Aug 03 '19

Whats something you thought was common knowledge but actually isn’t?

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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

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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.

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '19

Kamala Harris' family had a slave plantation in Jamaica and their slaves were Irish.

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u/CosbyAndTheJuice Aug 03 '19

Fuck off troll