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socatsucks t1_j92ccbo wrote

Reply to comment by shavedclean in Baltimore Sees Steep Drop in Unhoused Residents by real_human__bean

That’s interesting. I feel the same about the term “African-American.” To me it seems like othering. Most black people I know were born in the USA, so they are simply Americans. But, I’m also very white, so I’ll call whoever whatever they want to be called.

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real_human__bean OP t1_j92yjcq wrote

I had a teacher who was a minor figure in the civil rights movement. He HATED the term African-American, and demanded to be called a Negro.

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"My family has been here longer than yours, and none of us have ever been to Africa. We're the most American there is."

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Makes sense to me.

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