BITD Me & My Friends & I would call each other a (BOBO) Slang For AfricanYour A Bobo.Move from me you Bobo.The reply was who you calling a Bobo Im Not A African...!!!! What made me post this.?My Son ..... He said to another child of color your an African the Child said No There Not...The debate went on so my Son said OK Then Lets Us Ask My Dad... I Answered The .? Then I Explained We use to call Each Other a Bobo & We Never Liked it & Would Always Say Im Not A BOBO..... After Many Years I See The Same Mindset is Still With US TODAY....... IM A AFRICAN IM A BOBO We All Need To Learn & Be Proud That We Are Africans ,Then Unity Will Make Enough Things Change.... They Give Us Labels & We Ourselves Label Each Other.....!!!! CHANGING RACIAL LABELS: FROM “NEGRO” TO COLORED” TO “BLACK” TO “AFRICAN AMERICAN” We Would Say: Sticks and stones may break my bones, but names will never hurt me. As this adage implies, names do not matter and arguing over them is a waste of time and a distraction from more important matters. Moreover, as persuasive as arguments in favor of a change in names or terminology may be, to some they represent a diversion from more important matters. W.E.B. DuBois wrote a classic argument in favor of maintaining the word Negro in March 1928: Do not make the all too common error of mistaking names for things. Names are only conventional signs for identifying things. Things are the reality that counts. If a thing is despised, either because of ignorance or because it is despicable, you will not alter matters by changing its name. . . . Moreover, you cannot change the name of a thing at will. Names are not merely matters of thought and reason; they are growths and habits. Social learning theory is an approach to child development which states that children develop through learning from other people around them. In particular social learning theorists emphasis the role of observation and imitation of role models. In general, social development is seen as a continuous learning process, rather than as happening in stages.
Posted on: Sun, 23 Nov 2014 18:03:34 +0000