The Term African American

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by LΩVE

And others have expressed that it is NOT offensive and that other terms are.

So understand that context matters and it is not your responsibility to make everyone comfortable.

Your only task is to make sure that you don't use the more outdated terms such as "colored" and racial slurs that are ALWAYS offensive even if you (in general) have black friends who are dumb and think it's cool.