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Originally Posted by donassaid
I choose to use the term black for two reasons. I don't believe in "hyphenated Americans". If you want to be called African, go back to Africa. Secondly, because few if any blacks today are of African descent. We are all AMERICANS. not Arab-Americans, not Italian-Americans, not Spanish -Amerucans, just Amerucans
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“Descent” means “ancestors from,” not “born in”! Most people have descent from many countries. I’m of Danish descent because my great-great grandfather moved here from there in 1867. But I’m not Danish. I’m of Norwegian descent because my great-grandmother was born there about 1874. But I’m not Norwegian. I’m of African descent because two of my great-grandparents had mothers who had a European father and an African mother. But I’m not African. I’m an American. 90% European-American. Does that help?