African American

Digital Puppy

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66. I have to admit...I saw this post and thought...

Thu Mar 3, 2016, 12:18 AM

Mar 2016

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"Uh, oh..."

But it's interesting to see how many people share my approach to the terms AA/Black/Knee-Grow/POC.

Personally, I use "AA" when describing myself at work or in a public setting. I use "Black" when talking or writing informally. I usually use white because that's the radical in me coming out. I know enough Black folk around the world to know you can't use African-American to describe everyone. (For instance one of my favorite athletes is Lewis Hamilton. one of my favorite actors is Idris Elba and one of my favorite late-night comedians is Trevor Noah...can't call them African Americans, can we? We usually don't say African-Brits, either.....)

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RE The term African American [View all] fun n serious Mar 2016 OP

I actually use European American. It is quite accurate from a historical pointy of view. thereismore Mar 2016 #1

I call myself black bravenak Mar 2016 #2

Good to see you back from hiatus etherealtruth Mar 2016 #3

Thank you! bravenak Mar 2016 #4

You're back! wildeyed Mar 2016 #6

Hey bravenak Mar 2016 #8

Black is certainly easier. Lucky Luciano Mar 2016 #9

Excellent point! Kind of Blue Mar 2016 #11

Ha! Yeah. I think australian aborigines use black too bravenak Mar 2016 #18

YAY Dammit, that you're back and Kind of Blue Mar 2016 #10

Ha ha! Yeah! bravenak Mar 2016 #13

OMG, the funniest way I saw it Kind of Blue Mar 2016 #20

Everytime she does that I crack the hell up bravenak Mar 2016 #23

So do I; but, that's probably because I'm an old head and resistant to change. eom 1StrongBlackMan Mar 2016 #12

I'm used to it. bravenak Mar 2016 #17

I have to admit that the transition to "black" in the early 60s was a really easy one for me Warpy Mar 2016 #19

I like it better. It makes more logical sense in our society. bravenak Mar 2016 #22

Recent immigrants can hyphenate, they at least know where they're from Warpy Mar 2016 #28

Absolutely right! I've seen that of Kind of Blue Mar 2016 #35

I remember those times. IMO African American = Mexican American = Italian American = . . . brush Mar 2016 #80

I envy you Warpy Mar 2016 #82

YAY!!! BlueMTexpat Mar 2016 #33

Thank you, I'm glad to be back!! bravenak Mar 2016 #34

You are back! sheshe2 Mar 2016 #52

And I have to be extra good for months and months bravenak Mar 2016 #53

Me too. sheshe2 Mar 2016 #56

I know what you mean, i feel you bravenak Mar 2016 #61

Hello Bravenak The Polack MSgt Mar 2016 #36

Hey!! bravenak Mar 2016 #41

Woo Hoo! brer cat Mar 2016 #40

Whoo hoo!! bravenak Mar 2016 #42

Oh, it's you! lol...you're back! Chitown Kev Mar 2016 #48

Me too. I always say black and I never use AA on myself in real life. bravenak Mar 2016 #49

Well, you know that you are alwasy welcome at DK, lol Chitown Kev Mar 2016 #51

Let me be honest and straight for a second bravenak Mar 2016 #54

White progressives are in a bubble world Chitown Kev Mar 2016 #57

That actually makes more sense than the conspiracies I was gonna go with bravenak Mar 2016 #60

That can be arranged Chitown Kev Mar 2016 #64

I call myself lovemydog Mar 2016 #55

Hey!! Likewise!!! bravenak Mar 2016 #65

Good to see you back! I have enjoyed your posts NEOhiodemocrat Mar 2016 #58

The transistion fron old terms to new is hard for all of us bravenak Mar 2016 #62

I call myself black vdogg Mar 2016 #5

I struggle to decide sometimes. wildeyed Mar 2016 #16

From what I understand it's been Kind of Blue Mar 2016 #7

^this^ Iris Mar 2016 #86

I was talking to a couple of mixed racial women ghostsinthemachine Mar 2016 #14

Thank you everyone. fun n serious Mar 2016 #15

well as for me Coolest Ranger Mar 2016 #21

Black? bravenak Mar 2016 #24

You got it Coolest Ranger Mar 2016 #30

Sexy? nt ;) fun n serious Mar 2016 #25

That's right!!! bravenak Mar 2016 #26

Of course! Kind of Blue Mar 2016 #27

ROFLAMO Coolest Ranger Mar 2016 #32

Yeah, my SIL is bi-racial. Kind of Blue Mar 2016 #31

I'm just black too JustAnotherGen Mar 2016 #45

Why do white people several generations removed from the "old country" run around calling themselves Chakab Mar 2016 #29

let me try to answer.. fun n serious Mar 2016 #37

...and black people want some sense of pride in their ancestory, but generally cannot trace it to Chakab Mar 2016 #38

Additionally, not everyone wants to be referred to by their skin color especially if there Chakab Mar 2016 #43

I didn't know they were forced into that... fun n serious Mar 2016 #46

Sorry, but you don't know the history brush Mar 2016 #81

A lot of that has to do The Polack MSgt Mar 2016 #39

Like Refrigerator Perry. lovemydog Mar 2016 #63

tbh, I don't know either VulgarPoet Mar 2016 #44

I'm Black.... FrenchieCat Mar 2016 #47

Yes it is. :) fun n serious Mar 2016 #50

well you know... FrenchieCat Mar 2016 #67

Lol! nt fun n serious Mar 2016 #69

Interchangeable consciouslocs Mar 2016 #59

I have a cousin who is a Trump supporter... fun n serious Mar 2016 #70

It's interesting what a difference and adjective/article can make, isn't it? Iris Mar 2016 #85

I have to admit...I saw this post and thought... Digital Puppy Mar 2016 #66

That's very informative. Thank you. fun n serious Mar 2016 #68

I only use African-American to differentiate from other black people .... kwassa Mar 2016 #71

well.. Quayblue Mar 2016 #72

Jesse Jackson urged people to use it in 1988 instead of "black" Recursion Mar 2016 #73

Part of my misspent youth wildeyed Mar 2016 #74

I had a blog for a while tracking the progress of dill havarti cheese up 14th st Recursion Mar 2016 #75

Oh wow, wildeyed Mar 2016 #77

sounds familiar Quayblue Mar 2016 #78

Yeah. I moved there in the mid 90s which was pretty much the absolute worst time Recursion Mar 2016 #79

There is much that is better now. wildeyed Mar 2016 #83

I love this thread and this response as well. Iris Mar 2016 #84

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