[Trevor-S]

Should the phrase ‘African American’ be applied to all blacks living in the United States? What do American blacks think about the dilemma facing non-American blacks in the States (including black Hispanics)? I am a Black Jamaican who has never liked the term ‘African American’ applied to me. I am very proud of my black heritage (i.e. African heritage) but I’m also very proud of my Jamaican heritage, thus do not consider myself an African American (at least not in the manner in which the term was coined). However, black friends (including some Jamaicans living in America) seem to think that I’m ‘running away from my blackness’ because of my feelings.
Original Code R37. Click here to see responses from the original archives. Click “to respond” below to reply.

User Detail :  

Name : Trevor-S, Gender : M, Race : Black Jamaican, Age : 32, City : Ypsilanti, State : MI, Country : United States, 

[Author]

Posts