[Ariann23777]

Of course it’s not wrong of you to think that way. Probably the majority of blacks in this country have some ‘white blood’ in their geneologies. I think the term “African American” is about enforcing solidarity among blacks, although I don’t think it’s worked.

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Name : Ariann23777, Gender : F, Race : White/Caucasian, City : Cleveland, State : OH, Country : United States, 

[Vanessa]

I am a black female and very proud of that. I just feel that not every black person should have to condsider themselves African-American, since the only ‘true’ full-blooded Africans are from Africa. I’m not full-blooded African. When doing geneology, I find more Irish, Italian and Indian blood. Is it wrong for me to think this way?

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Name : Vanessa, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, City : DeSoto, State : TX, Country : United States, Occupation : Student, 

[Gregory-H21581]

You’re not wrong to feel that way, but be careful who you say it to. I also consider myself black, even though I have very high percentages of non-African ancestry, but I dislike the term African American because I don’t identify with Africa or any of its cultures. People frequently take that to mean that I try to deny my African ancestry, which isn’t true; it’s just that I have no connection or means to connect with my African ancestors. I have no way of knowing even what part of Africa they’re from, much less a specific tribe. I do, however, have strong connections to my family, ancestors and my people who have lived on the shores of this country, and that is where I feel my connection.

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Name : Gregory-H21581, Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : Black/African American, Age : 22, City : New York, State : NY, Country : United States, Occupation : law student, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, 

[Orleanas19976]

I fear that you need a history lesson. If the findings are correct than we all should call ourselves African of sometype since it seems that we all, as a HUMAN race (the only race there is) have originated from Africa.

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[Christina32056]

Of course it’s not wrong for you to think that way. The term ‘African American’ is the white man’s way of separating ethnicity in this country. If you think about it, all the minority groups have our ethnic backgrounds with the word ‘American’ attached to it, except for the Caucasian race.

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Name : Christina32056, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : Black/African American, City : McComb, State : MS, Country : United States, Education level : 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, 

[Dominique]

How dark is your skin? The thing is that everyone is African, even the most light skin Caucasian. It’s an antrhopological fact that everyone originate from that continent. My question to you is why wouldn’t you want to identify with that continent? I know Asian for example that are 6 generation and more, but they don’t discount that their ancestors as well as them are not from China or the Phillipines or Japan. If you really don’t like the term, don’t worry about it, there will be another in the next year or two. I mean as a culture we have leaped from nigger, negro, colored, black, black Amiercan, Afro-american, to African American. This country is full of loaded but unloaded terms. You are who you identify with but just know that we are all African, directly or indirectly.

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[Joe-B]

The term ‘African American’ is a necessity in the politically correct culture we are currently living in. As for the reasons for adoption of the term, I heard a few years ago that the term was adopted because ‘Hispanic’ and ‘Anglo,’ terms used to designate two other groups in this country, are capitalized, and ‘black’ seems less important because it’s not capitalized. This is true if you look at it in writing in the context of an article about racial/ethnic groups. However, the term ‘Anglo’ has since fallen out of favor, and never really caught on like ‘African American’ and ‘Asian’ have. So now if you look at an article that mentions all the racial/ethnic groups, the upper-case ‘Asian,’ ‘Hispanic’ and ‘African American’ are always used, and ‘white’ is almost always used, seldom ‘Anglo’ or ‘European American.’ So now, it seems, the big, bold ‘African American’ term appears greater in importance than the diminutive and lower-case ‘white,’ as is usually seen in writing in an article about ethnic groups. This could possibly improve the self-esteem of the non-white groups.

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