So, have we transitioned away from "African American" back to "black?'

Can't remember exactly when and how I picked up on it, but in the past few years I've found that African American has become a bit passe, and black is all the rage. Back in black.

Good b/c I refused to use the term AA anyway.

Just as I'm white, you're black. We're colors at the end of the day

The probable reason is that "African American" is too hard to type with the shift key and letters compared to "black".

Well, see, Black Lives Matter flows better than African-American lives Matter, so it’s okay in that sense. But yes, Black is insensitive, rather it should be African-American or POS, err I mean POC. Unless in use of Black Lives Matter. Follow?

Only African Americans can say black unless you have the special woke rider.

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Not once did they say African American, it was always "black."

Are we ok with using the word "black" when talking about a certain group of people again?

Their little social no-nos are changing so fast I can't keep up.

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I'm happy to help with this one. In my whole life I can count on one hand the number of times I have ever heard a black person use the words "African American" when referencing black people to other black people. As best I can tell, "African American" is something Jesse Jackson invented in the 80s that sort stuck around. Black people will not be offended to be referred to as black people....Blacks or The Blacks sounds weird though. Hope this is helpful.

Anyone who started using "African American" to describe individuals other than those Americans who were actually born in Africa or to African parents was a fool to begin with.


And that goes for any race or country of origin. Italian, Polish, Irish, German, any of them.

If I’m white then they’re black.

Ac\ Dc back to black

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Black must now be capitalized at all times even though it is not a proper noun.

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