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What's wrong with "Black?"

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Nothing is wrong with black or being black, you can bet your sweet black arse it's some lillie white liberal that's offended by the term black American.

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You've obviously given this a lot of thought. What do you call Asian Americans?

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Americans?

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What do you call Asian Americans?

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Honestly, I rarely hear that term I hear that segment referred to as "Asian."

Cool. You're one of those people that doesn't see color or gender.

#triggered

I was working in Accra, Ghana about 10 years ago and during my stay there I was invited to have dinner at his home with the Chairman of the largest commercial bank in Ghana. (He was black, of course.)

During the dinner he asked me why American blacks preferred being known as "African Americans"?

I told him I had never asked why but I supposed it was a way of honoring their heritage.

He thought about that for a minute then said, "If I should ever emmigrate to the United States I would be very happy to simply be known as an American."

True story....

Present.

I self identify.

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Most countries don't have the racist history of the US.

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Most countries have a history of even worse race relations. One country systematically gassed 6 million people assisted by people from other neighboring countries.

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We live in a country that treated races differently for hundreds of years.

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Every country has treated races in their country differently. In much of Africa today blacks discriminate against whites and "grays." (Gray people in sub-Saharan Africa are people of Indian descent.) The president of Zimbabwe just last week said no black in his country would be arrested if they killed a white farmer.

You need to travel outside the U.S. more.

Please reread what I posted and review your responses. Especially the hundreds of years bits as well as the by law parts.