Agreed.
During the West African Monsoon maximum and optimums
of the Last African Humid Period all of Africa was SSA
topographically.
SSA has nothing to do with geography.
It's Euro code for Africa inhabited
by peoples Euros call negro/noire/black.
Another idea I was toying with in terms
of self-determination and active agency
even though it'll never fly is the phrase
People of Palour.
As an exclusivity yte Euros invented
People of Colour though there's no
such objective entity. Not as brash
sounding as non-white.
Peoples throughout time distinguish
themselves as true representatives
of humankind as in AE spirituality
use of Rot Rometu (the Men of all Men).
Then there's barbaroi Hellenes used for
any and all non-Greek speakers. The most
familiar is Jew and Gentile.
So since we black ppl of African descent
need designations like that I propose
Black and People of Pallour
POP includes everyone not of African
black ancestry (Papuans, Melanesians,
etc generally are apart from the
great social upheavals between Africa
and everywhere else so they're kinda
out the big picture (though never
forgotten). Papuans gave this reason
for not applying to our African Student
Association because it messes with their
rights as the indigenous inhabitants and
owners of the country -- similar to Africans
vs Boers as the first and indigenous South
Africans.
I know it's reactionary but this particular
place in time American Negroes are toying
with an ongoing identity crisis most don't
distinguish themselves from so-called non-ytes
as yte America has dictated.
Thus others avail themselves of Black Privilege
far in excess of the actual indigenous black ppl
of the United States where a POC replaces an
actual American Negro and considered black
accomplishment.
Like other past proposals I know it won't happen.
I was a youth when Chancellor Wms and Doc Ben
suggested alternates for AE appelatives like
Wose for Thebes or TaMeri for Egypt but anyways
here goes.
Black vs non-blacks or People of Pallour
just like
White vs non-whites or People of Colour
It noh funny no sah how many POCs have
W H I T E or C A U C A S I O N
birth certificates and mistreat African
blacks in their homelands yet come to
USA to play on Black Privilege replacing
negroes with lighter skin, lankier hair,
narrow hi-bridge noses, etc yte people
would prefer to hire and have to look
at all day.
And the thing is the
Sahara itself is moving target,
going back and forth, with a net movement south of about 3 miles a year. This means
peoples and cultures
once deemed "sub Saharan", and now NON SUb Saharan. Fabled Timbuktu is now non
"Sub-Saharan." Given the era of net movement south it could be that,
depending
on the era examined, much of Nubia and mayhaps even part of Egypt was "sub-Saharan"though there are no precise boundaries on the "Saharan line." Tropical North
Africa is a good alternative. The tropical belt extends all the way into
Egypt, so it is legit to call the people there "tropical Africans"..
More on the tropic idea later on.
Didja know palm trees grow in
Scotland, yup. Moorish-like
architecture too.