General Harley Davidson Chat Forum to discuss general Harley Davidson issues, topics, and experiences.
Sponsored by:
Sponsored by:

7 Important African-American Bikers You Should Know

Thread Tools
 
Search this Thread
 
  #1  
Old 02-08-2017, 03:25 PM
Curated Content Editor's Avatar
Curated Content Editor
Curated Content Editor is offline
HDF Editor
Thread Starter
Join Date: Aug 2016
Posts: 1,544
Received 755 Likes on 372 Posts
Default 7 Important African-American Bikers You Should Know

7 Important African-American Bikers You Should Know
By Bryan Wood

 
  #2  
Old 02-08-2017, 03:34 PM
Kawickrice's Avatar
Kawickrice
Kawickrice is offline
Elite HDF Member
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: West Central Florida
Posts: 4,749
Received 3,247 Likes on 1,517 Posts
Default

Interesting. I love the old school bikes of any make.
 
  #3  
Old 02-08-2017, 05:41 PM
kngpn's Avatar
kngpn
kngpn is offline
Seasoned HDF Member
Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: NE
Posts: 10,552
Received 5,119 Likes on 2,675 Posts
Default

Neat bikes but can we get rid of African, Italian, Irish etc -American already.. blah
 
The following 4 users liked this post by kngpn:
beanoboy (02-09-2017), oldbie (02-08-2017), SixDD (02-09-2017), slodsm (02-08-2017)
  #4  
Old 02-08-2017, 09:50 PM
5150northrider's Avatar
5150northrider
5150northrider is offline
Outstanding HDF Member
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Montana
Posts: 2,573
Received 206 Likes on 171 Posts
Default

Originally Posted by kngpn
Neat bikes but can we get rid of African, Italian, Irish etc -American already.. blah
I totally agree! If you are born her you are American. We need to let the label thing go and move on. Every one loves motorcycles right?
 
  #5  
Old 02-08-2017, 10:04 PM
JesseDyna's Avatar
JesseDyna
JesseDyna is offline
Road Warrior
Join Date: Dec 2015
Location: CA
Posts: 1,416
Received 312 Likes on 228 Posts
Default

My "black" friend confirmed that the AA term (forum was censoring the word m o n i k e r?) is offensive now. No joke. Get with the times if one wants to be PC. Black is perfectly fine as confirmed by several people. And yeah, that happens after a couple beers. "Let me ask you something". Two way street.
 
  #6  
Old 02-08-2017, 10:14 PM
Bluraven's Avatar
Bluraven
Bluraven is offline
Grand HDF Member
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Omaha
Posts: 3,881
Received 753 Likes on 461 Posts
Default

A couple of years ago I met an electrician on one of my jobs.
He was from Africa and attended college in NY where he met his future Wife.
After his marriage he became an American Citizen.

He is the only African American I've ever met and just in case you're wondering he is Caucasian.
Being Black and an American doesn't make a person an African American, it makes them a Black American.
 
The following 2 users liked this post by Bluraven:
ISP-FLHTK (02-09-2017), Sierra977 (02-09-2017)
  #7  
Old 02-08-2017, 10:22 PM
rhuff's Avatar
rhuff
rhuff is offline
Elite HDF Member
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: 48.067222,12.863611
Posts: 3,903
Received 1,118 Likes on 732 Posts
Default

Just eating popcorn on this one and seeing how it shakes out. Should be fun.....
 
  #8  
Old 02-08-2017, 10:35 PM
Ikelove's Avatar
Ikelove
Ikelove is offline
Seasoned HDF Member
Join Date: May 2014
Location: Illinois
Posts: 14,413
Received 12,152 Likes on 3,798 Posts
Default

Black Bikers Matter.
 
  #9  
Old 02-08-2017, 10:36 PM
Krustee's Avatar
Krustee
Krustee is offline
Road Captain
Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: Washington, the state
Posts: 624
Received 78 Likes on 54 Posts
Default


They forgot one.

Dan
 

Last edited by Krustee; 02-08-2017 at 10:42 PM.
  #10  
Old 02-08-2017, 10:36 PM
John S's Avatar
John S
John S is offline
Club Member

Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Alabama
Posts: 15,449
Received 7,789 Likes on 3,576 Posts
Default

Originally Posted by Bluraven
A couple of years ago I met an electrician on one of my jobs.
He was from Africa and attended college in NY where he met his future Wife.
After his marriage he became an American Citizen.

He is the only African American I've ever met and just in case you're wondering he is Caucasian.
Being Black and an American doesn't make a person an African American, it makes them a Black American.
A guy on my gun crew in the Marines was a white guy from South Africa. Spoke English, Afrikaans, and I think Zulu. But to look at him you'd think he was Joe 'Whitebread' America from Smalltown, USA. Interesting guy, too- he was studying journalism in college and one of his projects while he was enlisted was keeping copious notes to prepare for writing a book on his experiences when he got out. Last I heard he was on a 20-year career track
 


Quick Reply: 7 Important African-American Bikers You Should Know



All times are GMT -5. The time now is 12:35 AM.