The Term African American

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Originally Posted by macallan25

Frankly, I think the idea that "acting black" for the purpose of being accepted by the "real, hip and trend setting people.....those people being black" is extremely idiotic.

But people do it.

So do you think her comment is assinine or that people who "act black" because it's cool in certain settings are assinine?

Originally Posted by macallan25

I didn't realize that "here in America" it was "cool to be black" or "cool" to be any race for that matter. Furthermore I didn't realize that acting like a black person was a fad. I guessed I missed that one.

Such discussions exist so that you can learn things that you've never realized or thought consciously about. It isn't untrue just because you're one person out of millions of people who is unaware of it.