August 11, 2009 at 12:00 am
#21152
JackWheeler
Member
The issue is not the choice between using the term “Blacks” vs. “African-Americans”– it’s your gaffe of using the word “black” as a noun. Personally, I prefer the term “black”; I don’t like “African-American”, because I’m not hyphenated; I’m 100% American. But, that’s just me. There’s nothing inherently wrong with saying “black”, but if you do use “black”, it should be used as a descriptor, not as a noun. Okay: “I don’t know many black people.” Not okay: “I don’t know many blacks.”
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