I am African-Native-American. Simple as that. I do not like the terms:
- Black-my skin is a beautiful chocolate brown
- Negro
- Negroid
- Nig***
- Niggras
- Darkie
- Sambo
- Colored
or any other negative connotation created to make me (or my people) feel like we do not belong to the HUMAN race.
My roots go back to Africa and to the Blackfoot Nation of this country though I wouldn't doubt there is some Caucasian somewhere down the line of my family tree.
I like the term and I find it to be an accurate term for those who have
African ancestry but are American citizens, not those who are Haitian, Jamaican, Trinidadian, etc..
I don't put much energy into "correcting" people into my line of thinking because ultimately, we are all going to think what we want however, if someone were to ask me, then I will say I am A.A.-Native American. If some 90 year old woman who is still stuck in the 50's terminology (I personally know people like this of all races) says "and then the colored woman said blah blah..", I let it go. It's not worth the energy.
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