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Do you say "Black" or "African American"?
Posted on 5/30/14 at 12:33 pm
Posted on 5/30/14 at 12:33 pm
If Ernie Els moved to the US (he's from south africa for those of you who dont know him) and became a citizen how would you label him? He would truly be an African American.
One of my students is black and from Bermuda. He is not a US citizen. If I had to describe him I cant call him an African American.
I hate this term. Totally nondiscriptive.
Do you call blacks black or AA? Why?
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Posted on 5/30/14 at 12:35 pm to TSS4LSU
quote:Black.
Do you say "Black" or "African American"?
A term for a given race should really work no matter where they live.
Posted on 5/30/14 at 12:36 pm to TSS4LSU
Melanin Advantaged
Posted on 5/30/14 at 12:37 pm to TSS4LSU
I say black
oh and
American
oh and
quote:
If Ernie Els moved to the US
quote:
and became a citizen
quote:
how would you label him?
American
Posted on 5/30/14 at 12:45 pm to TSS4LSU
African-AmericanHelicopterPilot is just ridiculous
Posted on 5/30/14 at 12:47 pm to TSS4LSU
No preference
Posted on 5/30/14 at 12:48 pm to TSS4LSU
1 syllable better than 7!
Posted on 5/30/14 at 12:50 pm to TSS4LSU
Ones of these people is AA, the other is not.
Posted on 5/30/14 at 12:51 pm to TSS4LSU
I use the term 'holmes.' As in 'Sup, holmes.'
Posted on 5/30/14 at 12:51 pm to TSS4LSU
Also, will there ever become a time when AA is an offensive term or are we just going to stick with that one?
Posted on 5/30/14 at 12:52 pm to TSS4LSU
Black
Posted on 5/30/14 at 12:58 pm to TSS4LSU
Depends on where they're from and what skin color they have. The Jamaican lady in my office would probably get ticked if I referred to her as AA. I'm not Bob Costas.
Posted on 5/30/14 at 1:02 pm to TSS4LSU
I say black because most people, both white and black, say "black" unless that person is trying to sound really "proper".
Posted on 5/30/14 at 1:03 pm to TSS4LSU
If you called me African American id give you a dirty look. I'm not African.
Posted on 5/30/14 at 1:05 pm to TSS4LSU
quote:
Do you say "Black" or "African American"?
I've always said black.
Posted on 5/30/14 at 1:13 pm to TSS4LSU
The first word in these hyphenated monikers decribes ethnic origin, not nationality. Otherwise, Obama would be described as a British-American, since his father was born a British citizen with a U.K. passport.
Posted on 5/30/14 at 1:18 pm to TSS4LSU
Ernie Els would be "African American"? People are usually identified by their country not continent. I know lots of Nigerians, Ghanaians, Ethiopians etc and none of them call themselves African American.
That being said I prefer black because African American only describes some black people in America but too many people use it to describe an entire race.
That being said I prefer black because African American only describes some black people in America but too many people use it to describe an entire race.
Posted on 5/30/14 at 1:24 pm to TSS4LSU
I guess if you wanted to speak in an unambiguous way, you would describe most Black Americans as "Americans of African and European descent", most White Americans as "Americans of European descent", Charlize Theron as an "African of European descent", Nelson Mandela as an "African of African desent" and Jim Thorpe as an "American of American descent".
Posted on 5/30/14 at 1:25 pm to TSS4LSU
I don't personally know a single IRL black person who uses the term African-American. Not one. I only hear whites use it on the news and at diversity training panels.
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