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Originally posted by irishpipes
I'm not trying to be difficult, but I don't know when to use the term "African-American" or when to use the term "black." Most of my friends who have black skin are not African Americans, and do not like being called that. They describe themselves as "black." I guess other people must take offense to the description "black" - I don't know - just an observation.
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Sorry - I wasn't stating that in my post about HOW to classify a person, group, etc. as being White/Black/Caucasian/African American... I was simply saying that IF you (general you - not specific you) are saying something about White/Black/Caucasian/African American, that it is incorrect to use White in one part of the sentence and African American in another part of the sentence or Black in one part of the sentence and Caucasian in another part of the sentence.
For example - you should not say:
"The white girl chose to join a sorority that had African American members." or "The sorority has Caucasian as well as black members."
But rather... "The sorority has Caucasian and African American members." or "The sorority has black & white members."
(Just reminding people that you need agreement of clarification of a group in your sentence - a throw back to the good 'ol grad school days
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