Hello SisterFriends in Greekdom. I hope you don't mind but I would like to express why I prefer the term Black to African-American.
The term Black (with a capital B) connects me to all those of African descent throughout the Diaspora. Africans in America are facing the same basic problems and challenges as Africans in South Africa, Brazil, England and South Africa so we should express our connection. I also see the term as encompassing those who are of (recently) mixed racial background who wish to identify with the struggle.
I also see the strength in turning a negative connotation (ie black is dirty, unclean, melancholy, etc.) into a positive and stressing it with capitalization. We as a people have a talent for taking a negative or less than ideal situation and turning it into a positive. I am sure we all can think of examples of that!
Has anyone found any aforementioned research on this topic?
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Originally posted by Talaxe:
We have to remember that all black people are not Afrian-Americans...
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