Yes.

I never said it was offensive though. I said it is technically incorrect, and it is. The same goes for "white" actually. And that is a really good point that we don't call Asians "yellow" or Native Americans "red" so...

Honestly, I understand both sides of the argument. You have one group of people feeling like she's denying her ancestry, and then on the other hand, if we all just labeled ourselves "American" we get rid of that invisible racial line in the sand. I kind of feel like there should be an "American" line on the race census questions. We've become such a racially mixed society, and we should celebrate that instead of forcing people to fit in some racial box that we can identify them as. I do see where people are coming from though, but I don't think she's denying her roots, I think she's just making a point. I'd feel so much more pride in our country if I could check that same "American" race box as people of varying races. To me that says, we are equal. It gets rid of that unspoken racial hierarchy that still seems apparent in this country.

Idk but she looks cute

Raven was in her right mind. Lark has some serious psychological issues which are pretty evident.

She has been kind of not all there for a little while though, so this kind of nonsense is not terribly surprising.

I agree. It's actually discrimination against those who feel simply American, yet aren't respected for it!

Why are they excluded from being simply "American" yet whites are allowed to identify that way? I'm not connected to any of my European ancestors...so I wouldn't really call myself European American. If people aren't connected with their African roots, why do they need to call themselves African American? Some probably don't even know which countries in Africa their family are from or maybe not even know who their grandparents are. If they feel 100% American and identify with American culture only, I say let them identify that way.

They shouldn't be ridiculed for saying they are American when whites can claim that.

Exactly. I don't understand this mentality some people have where they want equality among the races, yet criticize someone for identifying as such. Tbh, like I said in my previous post, identifying as simply "American" can include a variety of races and helps get rid of that racial separation that still exists. I don't feel like someone's race or skin color should matter, and if we started just calling eachother "American" it unifies us and gets rid of that line.