What are we suposed to call black people anyway?

English aint my main language so this may not work that well for me. But what you call them? If i call them black i always get that look. I mean come on. We get called white, and i have no problem at all with it, so what it the problem with black?

I dont know what you call it in english, but if i call them black in my langugae, many time i get that look, people still find it strange.

Why do I get the feeling this topic won't end well?? :(

Brothuh Man 8)

Dont worry everyone, im black. you are among an expert:P

i just think the term sounds crude. just the sound of it, being called it, it just makes me feel so grouped and excluded and pointed out. saying African American is more respectful, calling us by our heritage and not by an innacurate analysis of our skin. i guess since we arnt even black to begin with, it just kind of mocks us. but not always, just sometimes the way it is used.

"Those Black People"

"Trying To Be Black"

"Look at that Black Guy"

etc.

Serious color person. :P

Don't classify people by their color. fmacraze

PC patrol.

If I know they're name I'll call them by their name. Otherwise I generally say "black guy" etc. Just as I say "asian guy" "white guy" etc.

How about just calling them people?

[QUOTE="fmacraze"]Don't classify people by their color. phillo99

PC patrol.

i always call them black. because they are. ive never met a black that cared either.Free_Marxet

erhem....we are in fact NOT black. African American is the prefered way. i mean, its kinda wierd to say that, but why even bring it up in the first place. to classify people by that is stupid in the first place. since there is no real alternative to "black" at the time i think it shouldnt even be brought up.

and just because we dont always express care doesnt mean we DONT care.

How about just calling them people?

black_cat19

Tell you what, the day all black people call us white people Caucasians, then I will call them African-Americans. No single black person I've known has ever called me Caucasian, European-American, or Anglo Saxan. It's always been "white". I don't have a problem with it, and blacks shouldn't either. JustPlainLucas

i think it has to do with being so negatively labled for so long in history, we are a little sensative to it. especially since Black is just an over exageration of our skin tone. white is more accurate, unless you prefer beige:P

Tell you what, the day all black people call us white people Caucasians, then I will call them African-Americans. No single black person I've known has ever called me Caucasian, European-American, or Anglo Saxan. It's always been "white". I don't have a problem with it, and blacks shouldn't either. JustPlainLucas

Not to mention that not all black people are African-American. Would you look at a black French guy, and deem him to be an African-American?

And I guess that also means that African-Americans don't have to be black. If there are white Africans, and a white African moves to an American country, does that mean that he's more "African-American" than a black guy whose ancestors have never set foot outside of the Americas any time during the last 300 years?

i always call them black. because they are. Free_Marxet

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That said, I've also never met a black person who was offended when they were called black, but that probably has something to do with there only being like 12 black people total in the city I live in...

you know, my first name. clayron

African American.tsduv21

All Black people are from Africa...:roll:

I call them black, they don't like it tough luck to them, it's not a racist term and I'm not trying to be racist when saying it.

i think it has to do with being so negatively labled for so long in history, we are a little sensative to it. especially since Black is just an over exageration of our skin tone. white is more accurate, unless you prefer beige:P

That said, I've also never met a black person who was offended when they were called black, but that probably has something to do with there only being like 12 black people total in the city I live in...

MetroidPrimePwn

[QUOTE="tsduv21"]African American.Im_single

All Black people are from Africa...:roll:

I call them black, they don't like it tough luck to them, it's not a racist term and I'm not trying to be racist when saying it.

thats like saying "im calling them darkey but im not trying to be racist."

if the person feels uncomfortable with the way you refer to his race or how you label them, it is still not good.

Dont worry everyone, im black. you are among an expert:P

i just think the term sounds crude. just the sound of it, being called it, it just makes me feel so grouped and excluded and pointed out. saying African American is more respectful, calling us by our heritage and not by an innacurate analysis of our skin. i guess since we arnt even black to begin with, it just kind of mocks us. but not always, just sometimes the way it is used.

"Those Black People"

"Trying To Be Black"

"Look at that Black Guy"

etc.

Noskillkill

If I know they're name I'll call them by their name. Otherwise I generally say "black guy" etc. Just as I say "asian guy" "white guy" etc.

Pixel-Pirate

[QUOTE="Noskillkill"]

Dont worry everyone, im black. you are among an expert:P

i just think the term sounds crude. just the sound of it, being called it, it just makes me feel so grouped and excluded and pointed out. saying African American is more respectful, calling us by our heritage and not by an innacurate analysis of our skin. i guess since we arnt even black to begin with, it just kind of mocks us. but not always, just sometimes the way it is used.

"Those Black People"

"Trying To Be Black"

"Look at that Black Guy"

etc.

Drakes_Fortune

[QUOTE="clayron"] you know, my first name. mattykovax

[QUOTE="Noskillkill"]

i think it has to do with being so negatively labled for so long in history, we are a little sensative to it. especially since Black is just an over exageration of our skin tone. white is more accurate, unless you prefer beige:P

JustPlainLucas

noobzor???

and being called black, its just a crude way to label a living person. after all the labels african americans have gone through, we land on black, which is just kind of mocking our dark skin. most people dont think that deeply, and i dont care ifyou use it to describe someone you dont know, or something along that lines. but to call me black to my face, i prefer diff. term. and to say "that black dude" . i dont think race is something that people of diff perspectives can fully get. i dont get why white ppl dont care about being called white, whites dont get why we dont(or some of us dont) like to be called black. i guess its just politically incorrect.

well i call white people "lecheros" aka milk colored fool. but thats for another thread.

[QUOTE="Drakes_Fortune"][QUOTE="Noskillkill"]

Dont worry everyone, im black. you are among an expert:P

i just think the term sounds crude. just the sound of it, being called it, it just makes me feel so grouped and excluded and pointed out. saying African American is more respectful, calling us by our heritage and not by an innacurate analysis of our skin. i guess since we arnt even black to begin with, it just kind of mocks us. but not always, just sometimes the way it is used.

"Those Black People"

"Trying To Be Black"

"Look at that Black Guy"

etc.

FunnyMouth

[QUOTE="Noskillkill"]

Dont worry everyone, im black. you are among an expert:P

i just think the term sounds crude. just the sound of it, being called it, it just makes me feel so grouped and excluded and pointed out. saying African American is more respectful, calling us by our heritage and not by an innacurate analysis of our skin. i guess since we arnt even black to begin with, it just kind of mocks us. but not always, just sometimes the way it is used.

"Those Black People"

"Trying To Be Black"

"Look at that Black Guy"

etc.

Drakes_Fortune

if you live in europe, i guess you can call them african european.. and i know not all africans are black, but just about all blacks root back to africa, hence african-american;european; etc.

African American.tsduv21

Separating people into "African American" or "Asian American" can only separate our country, regardless of any good intention towards those divisions.

If you were born in America, you are American, no different than any white American who doesn't have that extra word in front of their American title.

Its not that simple. Thers ocasions where you wil need to have a name for them.Drakes_Fortune