[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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Name : Joe-B, Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Age : 43, City : Louisville, State : KY, Country : United States, Education level : 2 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, 

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