2007-01-14 09:10:00 · 8 answers · asked by G-Man 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
I don't think so, but I call myself Black
2007-01-14 09:14:57 · answer #1 · answered by ericaofgordon 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it's the other way around. Fewer politically correct sources are saying "black" as opposed to AA. Although most African Americans have never even come close to Africa. And really, by that logic, people should be calling me European American, but that's ridiculous. I'm white. Call me white. If you're black, I'll call you black. It's not offensive - it's just common sense.
2007-01-14 09:16:47 · answer #2 · answered by captainsquanto 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Other way around, term black came first but term afro-american is lame and has not caught on with everybody.
For example, if you are say a black from the caribean, living in the US you feel "afro-american"? the decendants of slaves in us, some may like term but im sure some dont really relate to the african part much. I mean, i suppose they explore their roots its cool but its not part of their everyday experience.
2007-01-14 09:33:45 · answer #3 · answered by rostov 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I really hate the fact that Jesse Jackson ever came up with the term. Soon America jumped on the bandwagon and now all black people are labled AA.
What ever happened to, "I'm an american?"
2007-01-14 09:18:37 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They're interchangeable but African-American is preferred. Just a word of caution, people from the Islands (like Jamaica, St. Croix, etc.) like to be labeled according to their place of origin. If you call them African-American and they are Jamaican they will be insulted.
2007-01-14 09:21:09 · answer #5 · answered by A M 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I don't think so,but I call myself African African because that is what I am.
2007-01-14 09:17:02 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Geez I hope so it makes more sense sense most have never set foot on Africa.
2007-01-14 09:44:06 · answer #7 · answered by STFU 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe it goes both ways.
2007-01-14 09:15:06 · answer #8 · answered by . 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋