[Suicism]

That’s stupid. African American means they’re black, it’s just a nicer way of saying it. And it’s stupid, because someone can be from Jamaica or the Carribean and be black, but the first instinct of any sensitive American is to refer to them as ‘African American,’ since that’s what the black establishment has deemed politically correct. Unfortunately, in today’s society even that honest attempt at racial sensitivity is likely to invoke rage on the part of the mislabeled; i.e., a Jamaican man being referred to as ‘African.’ Come on people, when the day comes that a black is offended for you calling him the very term his ‘people’ suppossedly wanted, which is ‘African American,’ I think we’re in serious trouble. It’s really stupid for you to coorelate the term ‘African American’ with somebody of a mixed ancestry. Is there anything MIXED in that statment, besides the African and the American parts?? What about the WHITE part of the boy or girl, that has no value to you? I find it difficult seeing mixed children not being encouraged at any level to embrace the values and culture of their white parent. That white heritage is simply neglected, and shrugged-aside for the more politically-protected and quasi-fashionable black image. If it was a term used to denote mixture, it would be ‘African/European American.’ That simple.

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Name : Suicism, Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Atheist, Age : 21, City : Moreno Valley, State : CA, Country : United States, Occupation : Engineer, Education level : 4 Years of College, Social class : Lower middle class, 

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