Okay, so I hear a lot of black people get offended by the term "black" and say they prefere the term "African American." Well, say there is a "black" guy, of whom people refere to him as African American, but he is Austrailian, neither American or African! Also, doesn't that phrase assume that all black people come from Africa, ignoring the native blacks from Haiti, Jamaica, Austrailia, and other places completely unrelated to Africa? Also, it assumes that all people from Africa are black, but there are plenty of white people from Africa who have said citizenship. (Dave Matthews Band.) Citezenship is another issue, as most black who live in America have no African citizenship, or haven't even been there. All in all, the phrase is completely busted. If you are offended by it, then you are ignorant. I am a white male, and I have yet to hear any black person refere to me as a German-American. Usually it is cracker or honky anyways.
What are your thoughts?
2006-06-27
11:10:16
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