There's a debate, seemingly exacerbated by the current BLM protests about weather African Americans or Blacks is the right term, or who qualifies. The term African American was coined around the time of civil rights movement to soften the adjective blacks at a time many have to to associate both the word negro and the word black with something bad. The most dark toned peoples of the world are of African Heritage, just like a large number of pale skinned people with long faces are of Caucasian origin. The hyphenated ethno-Americano is an age old expression that originated with the increasing assimilation of various peoples from the different nation states in Europe and Asia. Italian Americans, Irish Americans, Chinese American, etc are just a few examples. None of these ethno-Americans are subdivided into some special abstractions to please the sensibilities of some exclusionists whose only goal is to find a dividing line. Black people have a tendency of self-division, and it has al...
Musings of a Black Man