[W. Jones]

I understand your frustration, but I use African American becuase ‘Black’ doesn’t fit. I am light-skinned and there are many racial mixtures in my bloodline. African-American describes what I am, an American of African descent, which implies this unique history where one-drop of Black blood used to make you Black. I won’t dwell in the past, but history helps us understand. Most hypenated Americans didn’t start this race classification thing. For generations all we wanted was to be just plain Americans. My grandfather and father tried by going to war, going to school, opening businesses, buying homes, but were still classified and limited by racial terms they did not invent, colored, Negro or the plain ol’ N word. Fast forward to now. Things are better, but many Blacks only overcame the inferiority taught to them by looking to Africa (realities and myths) so they include that in their identity.

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Name : W. Jones, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : Black/African American, Religion : Baptist, Age : 40, City : Kansas City, State : MO, Country : United States, Occupation : communications, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class,