Why are black people, called African American? Options

[Kontroll]

I never really liked the term African American, first of all because its just an easy way out instead of calling a person black. Because saying some one is black is closely related to racism, some how.

Technically all people who come from Africa aren't black. If you're Egyptian and you live in America, what are you?

Another problem is that if you're born in the US and you're black, then you're not at all African American. That term only denotes that you previously resided in Africa and moved to the US.

Please discuss to further my knowledge and understanding. Thank you. Oh, and if there is already a topic about this, then close this one. Thank you.

[demolished]

I guess she mean that ... people should be more considered and aware of the term's meanings rather than just using the word out of our sake.

i could be wrong, just a thought.

[Kontroll]

I guess she mean that ... people should be more considered and aware of the term's meanings rather than just using the word out of our sake.

i could be wrong, just a thought.

I'm not stating that I should be able to run around on the streets and shout out random 'racial terms'. No. I'm simply saying that I should be able to go up to some black dude and be like, 'Hey, what's up nigga?' If they can say that to themselves, and we can't say it to them, then that's pretty racist. Proclaiming that one race can't call another race something else. We get called cracker and whitey all the time, but once the word 'nigger' comes up in the air, guns start going off. Why is that?