I prefer the term Black person or Black people. I use it as an adjective not a noun. For some reason it bothers be to be refereed to as a Black or Blacks. I prefer it to African -American because African American is too non-descript. If I could say I was a Kenyan-American or a Nigerian-American then maybe...for me calling myself a Black person is a reflection of my history- the fact that I cannot identify my origins as a result of the inhumanity and enslavement my ancestors suffered.
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