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[–] RickyRigatoni@retrolemmy.com 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Have you ever seen an algerian

[–] deltaspawn0040@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Are they a specific ethnicity in the United States defined generally by ancestral chattel slavery, because that's the primary use of the term

[–] RickyRigatoni@retrolemmy.com 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

An algerian. From the country. Algeria.

[–] deltaspawn0040@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] RickyRigatoni@retrolemmy.com 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

And they white as hell. So the distinction of black african american isn't too weird.

[–] deltaspawn0040@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

You do have a point. I also have a point but yours is enough of a point that arguing is gonna feel silly.

[–] RickyRigatoni@retrolemmy.com 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] deltaspawn0040@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 week ago

I think so yeah