Black people of MISC, would you rather be called Black or African American? (SRS)

[bking10]

I preferred to be called European American but people just call me white

[rtljmc17]

Only reason is because he's saying it's semi-racist to call a black guy "black guy".

Was watching a rugby match wheb i was like 14 and said that "josh" was a beast (dude on the team)

Guy beside me said who. I said the black guy.
Guy beside me called me racist lol

[momason]

i'd rather be called black. I don't associate myself with a continent i've never been to or will ever go to. do you whities like to be called european-american?

[MrHydrochloride]

My race relations professor in college taught us that colored people would rather be called black person than african american. My cousin's husband (who is pakistani) tells me that I am a racist when I call a colored dude "black guy" instead of "african american guy".

I tried explaining to him that all because a black person is from America, doesn't mean that he originated from Africa. My cousin's husband still tells me I'm wrong, so I want to get it straight from the people it actually affects, what do you prefer?

Is there anything wrong with calling someone "black dude"? Is there anything wrong with "African American"?

Edit - I'm a dude from Pakistan, I don't care if someone calls me brown dude.

I put my hands around someone's neck for calling me colored at my old job and didn't get fired (dead serious this is a true story)

I was young then but I still hate it

As long as you don't call me colored or N*gger you can say black or African American

[Noxema]

Colored, like the desk in 2nd grade.

[NubianGawd]

I put my hands around someone's neck for calling me colored at my old job and didn't get fired (dead serious this is a true story)

I was young then but I still hate it

As long as you don't call me colored or N*gger you can say black or African American

What about "boy"?

[momason]

the only reason someone can possible think it's racist to call someone black or colored is because they think that being black or colored is inferior.

[SomaliGirl]

i prefer British African American

[NubianGawd]

i prefer British African American

Didnt you call us "Basketball-Americans" a few weeks ago

Smelly ****li kunt. You just get African/****lian

[Idioteque]

black is a color so why so mad about being called colored? white isnt a color, its the absence of color so i dont really understand what the big deal is?

[NubianGawd]

the only reason someone can possible think it's racist to call someone black or colored is because they think that being black or colored is inferior.

Colored has a stigma to it in America. Anywhere outside of USA, calling someone colored isnt an issue.

[AK911PSU]

the only reason someone can possible think it's racist to call someone black or colored is because they think that being black or colored is inferior.

Definitely not inferior, but being white is definitely more privileged.

[BluMuscle]

Miscer of Subsaharan African descent checking in with my two cents.

• The word "black" invokes negative connotations, as it is associated with all things that are bad (e.g. black magic, blackmail, black death, Black Tuesday, etc). Hence, I don't particularly like it.
• "African American" is way too long and technical. Also, it's odd because no other racial group in America is identified by the continent from it which it originates.
• Both terms suck, but if I had to choose, I guess I'd choose "black" because it's the simpler of the two.

[NubianGawd]

Miscer of Subsaharan African descent checking in with my two cents.

• The word "black" invokes negative connotations, as it is associated with all things that are bad (e.g. black magic, blackmail, black death, Black Tuesday, etc). Hence, I don't particularly like it.
• "African American" is way too long and technical. Also, it's odd because no other racial group in America is identified by the continent from it which it originates.
• Both terms suck, but if I had to choose, I guess I'd choose "black" because it's the simpler of the two.

Asians? Native Americans?

[SomaliGirl]

Didnt you call us "Basketball-Americans" a few weeks ago

Smelly ****li kunt. You just get African/****lian

lmfao. i said that MONTHS ago, around when I first joined.

strong grudge holding

kunt

Colored has a stigma to it in America. Anywhere outside of USA, calling someone colored isnt an issue.

http://www.naacp.org/

[HolographicWay]

How about just American? You can use black if you need to specify there's nothing wrong with that (ex. "Which John?" "The one that is black").

[Idioteque]

Do colored people wish they were white? Or are they just like white people that are happy to be white and wouldnt want it any other way?

[ocill88]

None of the above. We aren't a crayon from the box and second we aren't africans

[Idioteque]

lmfao. i said that MONTHS ago, around when I first joined.

strong grudge holding

kunt






http://www.naacp.org/

Good point, if colored is so bad why is it called the NAACP?

ANSWER: In 2008 Carla Sims, communications director for the NAACP in Washington, D.C., said "the term 'colored' is not derogatory, [the NAACP] chose the word 'colored' because it was the most positive description commonly used [in 1909, when the association was founded]. It's outdated and antiquated but not offensive."[10] To date, there has not been a movement to change the name of the organization to use a different term.

[Chrysippus]

Do colored people wish they were white? Or are they just like white people that are happy to be white and wouldnt want it any other way?

Some of them wish they were white, the others are delusional.

BRB, could go back in time to any time period and it's awesome as a white guy.

[T150]

black is a color so why so mad about being called colored? white isnt a color, its the absence of color so i dont really understand what the big deal is?

Technically, neither black or white are defined as colors.

[TrueBallerBrah]

Just like you, I can be called brown (afghan).

I honestly don't care if people call me Brown or middle Eastern or afghan looking. Doesn't really make a difference, but why should you even need to include that?

I'm American, I pay taxes and vote just like everyone else. Why go to the trouble of saying African American or asian American etc. We're all in this together ya know?

[NubianGawd]

lmfao. i said that MONTHS ago, around when I first joined.

strong grudge holding

kunt






http://www.naacp.org/

You definitely said that chit like in August or something

War torn kunt. No culture having kunt. Biting all your style from Arabs and AA's kunt

[Noxema]

Do colored people wish they were white? Or are they just like white people that are happy to be white and wouldnt want it any other way?

It depends. If you're anywhere near "successful" and dating/married to anyone that isn't 375% black, you "wish you were white", get a lot of dirty looks, etc etc etc.

For the rest of us? F#ck no. Always found it odd that someone could entertain the idea of being a different race...Like race actually matters(TBH it does...But it's 2015 and it shouldn't)

Besides,

According to 23andme.com, the average African American is 75 percent sub-Saharan African, 22 percent European and only 0.6 percent Native American. * According to Ancestry.com, the average African American is 65 percent sub-Saharan African, 29 percent European and 2 percent Native American.

[BluMuscle]

Asians? Native Americans?

Native Americans are a special group; the term that's used to refer to them is meant to emphasize the fact that they are the original inhabitants of this continent and that therefore they have been granted special rights (e.g. they can live on reservations that have different laws from those of the general populace).

The term "Asian" is somewhat different because it's been made analogous to the terms "Black" or "White," as the word "Yellow" would be offensive.

[John L]

Fixed

Just call him black, stop being an awkward ***got and call **** as it is.

This, only beta SJW's make a fuss over things like describing someone as black, or complaining that there aren't enough minorities in a commercial or music video. Black people don't actually give a chit irl

[momason]

Colored has a stigma to it in America. Anywhere outside of USA, calling someone colored isnt an issue.

I know it has a history but if history has taught us anything about words it's that meaning of words can change over time.

there was a time when "Guy" was just a name, then after a famous guy named Guy Fawkes lived, the word "guy" was used to describe a frightful figure. now, a couple hundred years later a guy is just a normal way to refer to a man. what i'm saying is people need to gtfover what happened before they lived, the world changes.

[AmIGoodNuff]

Just call me brotha. U will be respected by the black community. Black sloots love white guys that r respected by the black community.

[FleeceJohnson]

My ancestry dates from Africa and I have a Latin-American mother.

I'd like to be called American.

But if you wanted to categorize me, I'm black.

[Chrysippus]

black is a color so why so mad about being called colored? white isnt a color, its the absence of color so i dont really understand what the big deal is?

Wut, black is the result of no wavelengths of light being reflected by the object, white is the result of all wavelengths of light being reflected by the object. You have it backwards. When you go and look at the night sky into the vaccum of space (nothing), do you see white?