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Why Do People Think Eritreans Aren't Black? by Eritrean(f): 10:55pm On Apr 17, 2016 |
So I was walking on the street this random guy game & started talking to me in Indian or something. I was like "excuse me" he goes like aren't u Indian? I said no I'm African. he Smh That makes me mad Even at my school I go to Black school but they think I'm Indian or mixed w/ white. We have d/t hair & choclate color but why most people don't get that? 1 Like |
Re: Why Do People Think Eritreans Aren't Black? by Nobody: 6:48am On Apr 18, 2016 |
There are indians who could pass for Somalis, save for their straight hair. It's funny that the person who confused you thought you were his tribes mate. |
Re: Why Do People Think Eritreans Aren't Black? by MainHerioneHoon(f): 11:25pm On Apr 18, 2016 |
Eritrean: Maybe because some Horner's look like Indian's and anyway. Both are classified as caucasiods |
Re: Why Do People Think Eritreans Aren't Black? by Nobody: 1:48am On Apr 19, 2016 |
The world started in Africa. As an African it is Indians that look like you and not the other way round. Africa has the worlds gene pool and the Caucasians have brainwashed us to believe that they have given us their dna when in fact an African has the worlds dna within them. Slavery of the mind is the battle of the black people now because shackles on our legs are no more. 5 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Why Do People Think Eritreans Aren't Black? by Nobody: 1:55am On Apr 19, 2016 |
Eritrean: Ive been mistaken for Indians, Brazilians, coolies, (West Indian, Indians) But i am a full pedigree East African. We marry within our tribes so for at least 300yrs that we can count back through the system of tribe using our fathers name we have no foreign blood. As for anything before that 300yrs we were indigenous Africans. This is my humble opinion. Proudly African since the dawn of time 2 Likes |
Re: Why Do People Think Eritreans Aren't Black? by Nobody: 2:45am On Apr 19, 2016 |
ORIGIN OF THE HABESHA PEOPLES For over two millenniums, the word 'Habesha' and its numerous variants (Habashat, Habasa, Habesh, Habeshi, Abesha) have been used to name geographical pockets of territory and people extending from the Arabian Peninsula to the furthest limits of the Horn of Africa region. Although the word is of great antiquity, there is no consensus on what it actually means. In order to understand why this is the case, we must first look back at its origins. 2 Likes |
Re: Why Do People Think Eritreans Aren't Black? by Nobody: 5:33pm On May 25, 2017 |
Eritreans and Ethiopians are definitely black. Even if we say northern Ethiopians and Eritreas, they are blacks. Yes, we Habeshas have southern Yemenite DNA in us, but large percentage of our DNA is Cushite. There are also other Ethiopians who are Omotic and Nilo-Sharan. Africa is the most diverse place on Earth, so not all Africans are expected to look the same. 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Why Do People Think Eritreans Aren't Black? by Nobody: 11:04am On May 26, 2017 |
Interestingly, only horn Africans think they're not "black" but on a general scale everyone knows they are to an extent. At least by people's understanding of what "black" is. That being said its obvious that their phenotypes differ, like that of Dravidians and Aryans, both Caucasian, they do not look anything like. They don't look like most other Africans. I have always felt Ethiopians were particularly unique, their eye shape ensures that you can always pick them put of any crowd no matter how diverse. |
Re: Why Do People Think Eritreans Aren't Black? by Nobody: 11:28am On May 26, 2017 |
Ersan:I'm Ethiopian. Bro, most Horn Africans consider themselves black. Even those who don't consider themselves are black. DNA doesn't lie. 1 Like |
Re: Why Do People Think Eritreans Aren't Black? by Nobody: 11:38am On May 26, 2017 |
Hati13: Do you have a theory about why Ethiopians have those distinctive eyes? I feel it's similar to that of Indians, is there any possibility of admixture between you and them? |
Re: Why Do People Think Eritreans Aren't Black? by Nobody: 1:46pm On May 26, 2017 |
Ersan:No, we hadn't mixed with Indians, but we had extensively mixed with other peoples like Arabs, Bejas and many others. Habesha people(Amhara, Tigray, Gurage, Harar, Bihir-Tigray and Tigris(the last two are found in Eritrea) speak Semitic languages, but large percentage of their DNA is Cushitic. Note that, not all Ethiopians look the same. Ethiopia is home to 80 ethnic groups, so we are very much diverse. Our mixing isn't because of slave trade, rather those Semitic speaking people settled here around 2nd millennium BC and another again around 500-400 BC and mixed with the locals in Eritrea and northern Ethiopia. There were also another mixing with Semitic and Cushitic speaking peoples throughout the 1st and 2nd millennium A.D, but not like the mixing before them. |
Re: Why Do People Think Eritreans Aren't Black? by Nobody: 3:41pm On May 26, 2017 |
Hati13: Yeah I know you're diverse. My point is I can distinguish an Ethiopian from every other horner. Like I said you have this round dark hued eyes, I don't know if it's restricted to a particular ethnic group but most Ethiopians I've met have it. I know you don't all look the same. For instance, I was watching this chef, Marcus Samuelson and I just knew this man has to be of Ethiopian descent and amazingly he was. That's how recognizable you lot are. It's almost like the Somali noble forehead phenomenon. It's mind boggling how most of them have it. It's confusing when you say habesha cause my people are known by some as habesha. We also share the same language family but that's as far as our similarities go. There was a scholar that proposed a connection between us but I always believed it to be poppycock because I feel our singular connection to ancient Egypt makes more sense. |
Re: Why Do People Think Eritreans Aren't Black? by Nobody: 4:16pm On May 26, 2017 |
Ersan:From which country are you? I ask, because I'm curious since your people are also called Habesha and may have connection with Ancient Egypt. |
Re: Why Do People Think Eritreans Aren't Black? by Nobody: 5:44pm On May 26, 2017 |
Hati13: I'm a hausa nigerian. In early days, arabs referred to us as habesha in their literature. |
Re: Why Do People Think Eritreans Aren't Black? by Nobody: 6:46pm On May 26, 2017 |
Ersan:As far as I know, Habesha has two historical meanings. During the Ancient times, it means incense gatherers in southern Yemen. The other meaning is a mixed people. |
Re: Why Do People Think Eritreans Aren't Black? by makahlj2: 4:03pm On May 27, 2017 |
Eritrean:Perhaps he mistook you for an Indian due to your nose ring. |
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