Which do you prefer to be called or Which do you use to refer to black/African Americans?
Do you get offended by either of them?
Personally I prefer to be called black but I know plenty of people that find it offensive and some of my asian or white friends were really uncomfortable using black instead of African American...
You never hear anyone say "Italian-American", "English-American", "Russian-American", etc... so I don't see why I should have to be considered "African-American:.
Yea, exactly I never understood that. And why do we even use African American and not European American
We don't use European American because Whites designed this nation to perpetuate that they are the only true Americans (e.g. Manifest destiny beliefs).
You never hear anyone say "Italian-American", "English-American", "Russian-American", etc... so I don't see why I should have to be considered "African-American:.
Actually, u hear Irish, Italian, Chinese, Mexican etc American all the time