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Thread: Will African Americans Begin Renouncing Their Slave Names En Masse. . .

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    This is the best thing you've ever posted.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bmorepunk View Post
    This is the best thing you've ever posted.
    lol, my favorites are:

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    Quote Originally Posted by The Astute Reader(tm) View Post
    Apparently, you failed to read the very first line in the first citation of your own source material:



    And your second source contains vast swaths of unsupported material:



    Nice try, Sparky. Maybe you should actually read this stuff before puffing out your chest?
    Is the Cambridge History of Africa a good enough source?

    The link explains how "Candace" is a title, not a name and goes back as far as 250 BC in Kush/Meroe

    http://books.google.com/books?id=jjB...bridge&f=false

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    "Candace of Meroe" is mythical.

    Keep flailing, Spanky!

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    Quote Originally Posted by bmorepunk View Post
    This is the best thing you've ever posted.
    LMAO. That's great.

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    Quote Originally Posted by The Astute Reader(tm) View Post
    Apparently, you failed to read the very first line in the first citation of your own source material:



    And your second source contains vast swaths of unsupported material:



    Nice try, Sparky. Maybe you should actually read this stuff before puffing out your chest?
    So legendary makes it what, not a legitimate source of a name? Gotta go tell my brothers Christopher and Michael and my neighbor Patrick that.

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    Quote Originally Posted by The Astute Reader(tm) View Post
    "Candace of Meroe" is mythical.
    So is Jesus.

    I hope you enjoyed your crow sandwich

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    Quote Originally Posted by ms maggie View Post
    So legendary makes it what, not a legitimate source of a name? Gotta go tell my brothers Christopher and Michael and my neighbor Patrick that.
    For the ancient Nubians, Kandake/Candace was a title not a name

    Some people aren't humble enough to admit when they're wrong(not directed towards you Mag)...

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    in the technical field that I work in, a high percentage of blacks are 1st generation or new immigrants and have african names already .....

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    Key and Peele, one of the funniest programs on these days.

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