Blacks or African Americans???

Question

Which would you rather be identified as? I've heard that some Black people do not want to be identified as African Americans.
For ex. White people are identified as white not European American. What do you prefer???

Answer 1

It really doesn't matter to me. I say both because I feel that I am both. I am African American because I have an African descent but I was born here in America. I am not literally "Black" just like white people aren't literally "White," but it's just the term we use to distinguish the races. I really don't think it's a big deal though. As long as no one says a derogatory term, it is ok with me.

Answer 2

African Americans

Answer 3

African American.

Answer 4

Now a better question is, do people from areas like Jamaica get offend when they are referred to as African American and they are immigrants from a country other than Africa? Sure they all originated from Africa at one point in time, but is that what they would want to be called. And if black is not the correct word, what do you call a black person in England? They aren't African American then, would they be African English?

Wouldn't African American kind of blur the cultures of black Americans' into one stereotype?

Answer 5

Black or African American, it doesn't matter.
The reason for the term African American is because most blacks do not know which country in Africa we are descended from hence the use of the entire continent.

Answer 6

Until people start calling me European American i see no reason why blacks should be called African American.

Answer 7

Some black people are here on a student visa and are not American. It would be strange to call them an african american. Personally I hate being referred to as a caucasion. Caucasion is a term "scientist" use to classify people by skull structures. Under this same classification most blacks would fall under *******. How racist sounding is that? Asians would be mongoloid, and that's it. Three catagories. Yet, you still see caucasion on every damn form you fill out.

Answer 8

Black I don't like being called African American. But I'm mixed so

Answer 9

Black...I have a friend from Nigeria and she refers to herself as Nigerian American. She doesn't understand the term African American. She a real African and she doesn't refer to herself as an African American so how can American blacks refer to themselves as such.
I am of Jamaican heritage so I'm Jamaican American or Jamerican. :o) My race is black however.

Answer 10

Years ago, blacks liked being called Afro-American or African-American. Now they just like being called black American.
I try to refer to them in the way they prefer, so I pay attention to these things.