African American vs Black vs African American

[Conskeeted7]

I'm sorry, but I don't agree with the premise of the previous post at all. I believe that Blacks should consider themselves Americans. Who we are as a culture is significantly impacted by the fact that we are Black in America. Without that, none of us would be who we are. Of course there have been limitations because of racism. However, I don't think it goes deep enough to say that we are not American. The very fact that we deal with racism as a group, know how to respond, relate to it and identify with each other because of it signifies that we are a culture within this country: Black Americans. I believe that if we start to believe that we are not part of the country and we focus our energy on exclusion, we will never get anywhere as a people living within this country. Of course there is a great benefit to researching our history and knowing the great legacies that we come from. I think that can be done while acknowledging that we are American as well.