Originally Posted by Lil_G135

This is a good subject to debate on... it's just hard to jump into it... perhaps if people had questions to go by we could expand the discussion.

I.e. Do you use the term 'African American'? Why or Why Not?

What term do you usually use when referring to black people?

What do you call black people from other countries from America?

Or something. I myself don't use 'African American', but I don't get angry when someone does..I mean, although it's not as politically correct as maybe 'Asian American' or 'Hispanic American', it's understood as a politer way of saying simply 'black people (from the US)' - especially by the older crowd. My last year English teacher who was in her 60s, was astounded when she asked the class about this and most people said they use 'black'. She was also amazed that people take offence to 'African American'.

What I don't like is the term "blacks". Like "whites", "asians", "hispanics", etc, it sounds like you're grouping people together like you would books or socks or something.. I dunno ^^;

Originally Posted by Lil_G135

Not to be nitpicky, but you'd have to use other methods than skin color if you're trying to point out a rather light person in a group of white people ^.^; But I understand you wholeheartedly - we're finding fault in nearly everything these days =.-

I feel bad for mixed people though. Society is always making them choose which side they're on, or just group them to the side they most look like. u-u