The Term African American

[preciousjeni]

Originally Posted by LΩVE

The point of discussion is to discuss. For instance, someone could explain to me why it is offensive. I explained why I do not understand...because I do not find "White", an inaccurate description of my skin color, to be offensive. So why is "black" offensive? That is what I'm discussing/asking. Since it is simply an overly simplified physical description (as is "white"...or "brunette"...or "redhead"...there are shades of every color we have on our skin, heads and in our eyes), it seems useful in describing a person. Like white girl with long brown hair and blue eyes or black guy with short hair and brown eyes.

As you can see from the thread, some people prefer African American and some prefer black. What more needs to be discussed? Anyway, NinjaPoodle responded to your question. She said, she prefers not to be called black, among other things because those identifiers were "created to make [her (or her people)] feel like we do not belong to the HUMAN race." Did you miss that response?

[LΩVE]

Originally Posted by preciousjeni

As you can see from the thread, some people prefer African American and some prefer black. What more needs to be discussed? Anyway, NinjaPoodle responded to your question. She said, she prefers not to be called black, among other things because those identifiers were "created to make [her (or her people)] feel like we do not belong to the HUMAN race." Did you miss that response?

Quite obviously I did not. I responded that I hadn't heard the term "black" ever used as a racial slur, though I had heard every one of the others listed. Nor have I heard "white" used as a racial slur, though I have heard many slurs.

There is a lot to be discussed, and the rest of my post is very long. Chill out...everyone else seems to be interested in discussion. What's the problem?