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Re:American society is so focused on race that it is blind t... by leereeves on Thursday November 03, 2022 @07:42AM (#33449586)
That sounds silly, until you realize that "African-American" is just code for black, from a time when saying "black" was considered mildly racist.
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Re:American society is so focused on race that it is blind t... by tanseydavid on Thursday November 03, 2022 @01:19PM (#33454276)
Seriously...What?!??!
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Re:American society is so focused on race that it is blind t... by leereeves on Thursday November 03, 2022 @01:33PM (#33454496)
It doesn't make much sense anymore, but so it is:

> Most of us became familiar with the ethnonym African American in the 1980s, when Jesse Jackson began popularizing it as an alternative to black.

https://yalealumnimagazine.org/articles/4216-the-origin-of-a...

> African Americans (also referred to as Black Americans and Afro-Americans) are an ethnic group consisting of Americans with partial or total ancestry from sub-Saharan Africa.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_Americans

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Re:American society is so focused on race that it is blind t... by bolt7469 on Thursday November 03, 2022 @02:36PM (#33455396)
Interesting example: Elon Musk is technically an "African American," except the word is actually used to mean Black American
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Re:American society is so focused on race that it is blind t... by jjtheblunt on Thursday November 03, 2022 @03:17PM (#33455975)
similarly, I think Charlize Theron has joked about the same for her, how confused the terminology is.
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Re:American society is so focused on race that it is blind t... by 93po on Thursday November 03, 2022 @02:07PM (#33454981)
It's still mildly uncomfortable depending on how it's used. As a white guy I usually say "they're a black person" or "a person who's black" when referring to a non-specific person. Adding "person" I feel is helpful in the same way it's better to reference "a Jewish person" versus "a Jew"
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Re:American society is so focused on race that it is blind t... by kortilla on Thursday November 03, 2022 @03:37PM (#33456279)
Mildly uncomfortable for who?
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