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Originally Posted by coffeebean
Every single post on this forum I read about our current events and the protestors speak of "blacks" and not once have I read the term "African Americans". Seems to me that PC term has gone by the wayside. Is this because the BLM movement has sort of wiped out the PC terminology?
Also....must say I have not seen that PC term "African American" in news print, on line or stated in news broadcasts. They are referred to as "black"!
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I’ve never seen a person who is actually black or white. We all seem to range somewhere between pinkish-tan to dark brown. I think that insisting on being white or black is at the heart of what separates us. It means “I am MORE SO than is even possible!” “I’m not just pink-tan, but white as a snow.” “I’m not just light brown, but black as soot, so you can’t possibly understand me.” There’s a lot less difference between tan and light brown than between black and white. I’d like to stop noticing color first when I see people. That’s not good.
I’m okay with African-American. However, it doesn’t include any people From Africa or people of African descent not born in the U.S. and descendants of American slaves. It’s a way of not giving benefits to, say, Jamaicans or Haitians. It excludes them. However, I usually refer to myself as European-American, not “white”. Certainly not as “Caucasian,” whatever that means. Want to discombobulate African-Americans? Insist that they NOT call you white, but European-American. Insist that you are also a Person of Color, because pinkish-tan is a color. (Person of Color is an attempt to join together people who otherwise have little in common in enmity against those who are “colorless”.)
You’ve probably noticed that whatever we call people, there are usually ways of saying it that give people dignity and ways of saying it so it sounds like a curse word. I think making people feel good about themselves is a good idea, whatever I call them. (Unless they are destroying property or hurting people, in which case I have no interest in making them feel good about themselves.)