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Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
I didn't interpret Not Me's post to invite an argument about the superiority of "black" versus "African-American"; I read it as an argument for unilateral disarmament on the part of black Americans in the cultural debate over what they should be called. Because let's face it, white people need to call black people something, and Not Me would just prefer that black people shut up about the whole thing and let us go back to calling them what we called them before the advent of the "divisive" term, African-American.
ETA: The black people I know don't mind being called black. The Carribean-Americans feel strongly against "African-American" as inaccurate vis-a-vis them.
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Amazingly, this is one area where I'm short and to the point. I use "black". If somebody gets bent about it, I'll politely change to "African American". And I'll usually find the first excuse to end the conversation, because I find that I don't do too well with "sensistive" or "high maintenence" sorts who give a flying fuck about such inconsequential shit.
We're all just "Americans". Get over yourself.
