Is it more offensive to use African American over Black?

[Kwaurtz]

Unless they are born in Africa and move to America, they are American, plain and simple. By delegating the term African American, you are perpetuating racism and segregation.

[Scotty]

its not a matter of really if their american or not they are "african american" people that prefer to be called "african american" than "black" because in some peoples straight opinion it is offensive and racist, "african american" is overall a much better term to use than "black"

[Kwaurtz]

its not a matter of really if their american or not they are "african american" people that prefer to be called "african american" than "black" because in some peoples straight opinion it is offensive and racist, "african american" is overall a much better term to use than "black"

No, its not. Most of the people that I know will disagree with you because you are doing nothing but labeling them as something other then what they are, American. That sort of mentality is what keeps racism alive and thriving. Because we have to separately label one another. We are humans. I think using the term Black is better then using African American, but its still wrong. Ask Morgan Freeman: YouTube - Broadcast Yourself.

[Scotty]

^the point made by morgan freemen their has absolutly nothing to do with any of this sorry but in that short video morgan freemen is trying to say that we are ALL people and we all deserve to be treated with equal dignity and respect and hes saying that NIETHER black or african american should be used and that we should just be referred to as people not black people not white people not african american people just people cause were all the same that is the point u are trying to make here kwaurtz and if not plz correct me thats just what i got from ur short video their.

[Kwaurtz]

I think using the term Black is better then using African American, but its still wrong.

[Scotty]

^right but i think u should change the subject to "whats morally right and wrong"?

[crypto]

I think using the term Black is better then using African American, but its still wrong.

How the fuck is it wrong to call a black person black?

Biologically, there's no such thing as race, so they're equally offensive/inoffensive.

My skin is white. I have no problem with the term "white" as a simple descriptor.

Likewise, a person with black skin who whines about getting called "black" is a fucking moron.

It's a stupid argument.

[Holy]

Crypto is completely right.

Calling someone their skin color isn't racist as I am sure it is of no surprise to them that they are what they are, they see each other every morning in the mirror. Even stating that a race should be wiped out isn't racist. Saying a race is less superior to the white race is racist.

The real problem here is the whole white guilt trip thing going on here. Boo fucking hoo, black people picked cotton for 100 years under white people. So what. The jews built the pyramids for more than 1000 years. Want to know something even more fun? The Civil War wasn't about slavery at all.

Abraham Lincoln, acting president during the civil war, even quotes "I will say then that I am not, nor ever have been in favor of bringing about in anyway the social and political equality of the white and black races – that I am not nor ever have been in favor of making voters or jurors of negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office, nor to intermarry with white people; and I will say in addition to this that there is a physical difference between the white and black races which I believe will forever forbid the two races living together on terms of social and political equality. And inasmuch as they cannot so live, while they do remain together there must be the position of superior and inferior, and I as much as any other man am in favor of having the superior position assigned to the white race. I say upon this occasion I do not perceive that because the white man is to have the superior position the negro should be denied everything.”

[ Look it up and check the sources: http://markii.wordpress.com/2007/02/19/racist-quote-by-abe-lincoln-happy-black-history-month/ ]

It's great how ignorant this country is to it's own history. Anyway, call them black, african american, negro, darky, whatever the hell you want to. If they are offended then laugh at how ignorant and brainwashed by the black history month program they are and remind them that picking cotton is nothing compared to lifting giant stone blocks. If you're not even black and you get offended or uncomfortable then I pity your existence.

[Wholegrain]

I keep it simple by refering to all white people as jim carey and all black people as morgan freeman

(a famous actor for every race)

not racist at all

[Boxman]

How the fuck is it wrong to call a black person black?

Biologically, there's no such thing as race, so they're equally offensive/inoffensive.

My skin is white. I have no problem with the term "white" as a simple descriptor.

Likewise, a person with black skin who whines about getting called "black" is a fucking moron.

It's a stupid argument.

/thread

[Ghast]

0/10

I refer to people by their sexual orientation.

e.g,

Hey man.

Hey flamer.

[Blood]

i think we're going to need someone black to answer this thread, also Wholegrain for the last time YOU ARE NOT EFFING BLACK

[Jorgen]

i think we're going to need someone black to answer this thread, also Wholegrain for the last time YOU ARE NOT EFFING BLACK

YES HE IS!!!!

[slimd1995]

If a white person described somebody as black, most black people would consider it racist. Those same black people will describe somebody as white all day long, and think nothing of it. It's bullshit, but that's just how it is.

[Jorgen]

YouTube - Broadcast Yourself.