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02-03-2005, 12:48 PM
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African American
Since I'm white....ummm...I mean...European American.... African American doesn't make any sense to me. Unless you were like born in Africa and moved to the US. Why is it PC to call black people african americans?
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02-03-2005, 12:50 PM
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Re: African American
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what do you propose? [/ QUOTE ] hmmm, good question. you never hear people who are chinese being called "chinese american" ....maybe we should just drop all the americans? or just call them black? i dunno. edit - black americans?!?
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02-03-2005, 12:54 PM
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Re: African American
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you never hear people who are chinese being called "chinese american" [/ QUOTE ] You've never heard the term "asian american"?
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02-03-2005, 01:28 PM
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Re: African American
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you never hear people who are chinese being called "chinese american" ....maybe we should just drop all the americans? [/ QUOTE ] Better yet drop the African, Asian, ect and just call them all Americans.
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02-03-2005, 01:32 PM
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Re: African American
My favorite is when the use the term for people from other countries. During the winter olympics one year, one of the announcers noted that this guy was 'the first African-American to ever compete in this event.' The fact that the guy was Swedish, not American, was apparently irrelevant.
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02-03-2005, 01:33 PM
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Re: African American
Prosecutor: "Can you describe the man you say you saw that night?"
Witness: "He was an American. Yep, I remember it like it was yesterday. An American." Prosecutor: "The Prosecution Rests."
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02-03-2005, 01:59 PM
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Re: African American
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Prosecutor: "Can you describe the man you say you saw that night?" Witness: "He was an American. Yep, I remember it like it was yesterday. An American." Prosecutor: "The Prosecution Rests." [/ QUOTE ] I just think the term African-American is dumb. I have never actually met someone who was offended by being called black.
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#9
02-03-2005, 08:08 PM
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Re: African American
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you never hear people who are chinese being called "chinese american" ....maybe we should just drop all the americans? [/ QUOTE ] It's not uncommon for those wishing to differentiate between people from China and people whose ancestors came from China to use this.
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