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.

[ReggieM]

well my skin isnt black end of story. call me something else, if u dont wanna call me african american then describe me some other way.

what if someone was fat and another was skinny how would you describe the fat person?you would say fat,is that offensive? YES.Is it true.YES moral learned today truth hurts everyone is insecure and by calling someone black that increases it.

you obviously dont live in a high population city so u wouldnt expireince the racial diversity i do. ask your grandparents the first thing they think of when hearing the term black, then african american which one sounds like someone you want to have dinner with?

[Kontroll]

well my skin isnt black end of story. call me something else, if u dont wanna call me african american then describe me some other way.

what if someone was fat and another was skinny how would you describe the fat person?you would say fat,is that offensive? YES.Is it true.YES moral learned today truth hurts everyone is insecure and by calling someone black that increases it.

you obviously dont live in a high population city so u wouldnt expireince the racial diversity i do. ask your grandparents the first thing they think of when hearing the term black, then african american which one sounds like someone you want to have dinner with?

I live like 15 minutes from Albany New York. Ha ha. It's very diverse. A lot less white people than black.

What should I call them dark pigmented people?

[sweetangel2128]

What should I call them dark pigmented people?

How about just "people"?

[*mipadi*]

How about just "people"?

Hating others based on race or culture is ignorant—but it's just as ignorant to pretend that race and culture don't exist. We should celebrate, or at least accept, racial and cultural differences, rather than trying to sweep such differences under the rug.

[sweetangel2128]

Hating others based on race or culture is ignorant—but it's just as ignorant to pretend that race and culture don't exist. We should celebrate, or at least accept, racial and cultural differences, rather than trying to sweep such differences under the rug.

I know that but calling someone "black" to a black person is racist.

[Kontroll]

I know that but calling someone "black" to a black person is racist.

You need to finish your statements.

Calling some one black is not racist...It's an observation.

Calling some one black in a derogatory or demeaning way would be racist.

Racism is just ignorance. Simply put.

In reality there are no different races besides the human race. We are just variations within a kind.

If we were different races, we would not be able to reproduce, or at least reproduce correctly without any negative mutations.

The human race in whole is only .012% different. Most differences that you see are based on culture and environment.

For example... When you take a person who is 100% white, and a person that is 50% black...over time you will end up with a white culture because when you multiply the percentages together, the black 'race' slowly decreases from that culture. That is of course those two mate, and then their children mate and such.

It's just a numbers game, and when you have a region with mostly one color, the chances are that that color will populate the area much faster and stronger than the others.

[sweetangel2128]

You need to finish your statements.

Calling some one black is not racist...It's an observation.

Calling some one black in a derogatory or demeaning way would be racist.

Racism is just ignorance. Simply put.

In reality there are no different races besides the human race. We are just variations within a kind.

If we were different races, we would not be able to reproduce, or at least reproduce correctly without any negative mutations.

The human race in whole is only .012% different. Most differences that you see are based on culture and environment.

For example... When you take a person who is 100% white, and a person that is 50% black...over time you will end up with a white culture because when you multiply the percentages together, the black 'race' slowly decreases from that culture. That is of course those two mate, and then their children mate and such.

It's just a numbers game, and when you have a region with mostly one color, the chances are that that color will populate the area much faster and stronger than the others.

Ok since you are not really getting what I mean. I think someone who is in fact "black" as you put it needs to come into this thread and explain why it's wrong.

[Simba]

Ok since you are not really getting what I mean. I think someone who is in fact "black" as you put it needs to come into this thread and explain why it's wrong.

If you'd ask me, you seem to be talking as if being "black" is something of a bad thing. That's opinion.

Being "Black" is not bad at all, it's only when humans start stereotyping and can no longer differentiate between the label "black" and a person and start dehumanizing them that there becomes a problem. That's fact.

And I may not be Black, but it doesn't take a Black person to understand this. This could go for any other race.