'Black' is & has always been fine by me.


I only use the term African American when filling in College applications and **** like that. It's waaay too formal for me.

If you are black you are black, if you are white you are white, if you are wearing a red t-shirt you are wearing a red t-shirt. Anyone who gets offended by a simple adjective like that is so entrenched in the ranks of the PC brigade I don't want to be on good terms with them anyway

I say black.

It's not offensive, it's a skin colour. It's easily recognizable and useful in situations like the OP said.

If saying black is offensive then so is saying white and no one has an issue with that.

We are all the same, skin colour is nothing but skin colour and shouldn't be made a big deal out of. If you need to identify someone quickly skin colour is a big help!

Black. African-American can be a highly inappropriate term.

Nobody in school uses 'African Americans' these days. And why would it be offensive if black people (like me) say it too?

Black. It's not offensive unless you make it so.

This thread!

Everything is always about race!

I say "Black".

YASS!!!


But for thread purposes, I'm a black American. I haven't been to Africa a day in my life and have ZERO plans to ever.

why would anybody be offended by black? Its no different from being called white. Just a general reference.

Most people aren't black though. Bye.

And whoever said "AFRO-american" is a damn fool. Afro is a hair style, not a race. Bye again.

We don't really have that problem here in Belgium

Basically.

Before I resort to describing them by their skin, I would always find it convenient to describe them by the clothes they wear often and such. But I use, black.

To all those who insist "African American" is a the correct way to refer to a black person in U.S, I pose this question to you;


What do you call a Black Cuban who immigrates to the U.S?

A Cuban African American? Really?

Black, or black hispanic.