+80 Americans: You've curious about what people who want to be politically correct in other countries say instead of African-//American//, amirite?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Anglo-African. But not really. They're just black people.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

My French teacher always calls them "black Africans".

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Whatever you do, if you're in the UK, do NOT assume a black person has African origins. If they're from the Caribbean they'll get seriously pissed off.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

^ I'm Australian, and it's more likely for a black person to be Aboriginal or Caribbean/West Indes than African descent. I'd just call a person black unless they told me they preferred to have their race acknowledged as Aboriginal or Afro-Australian.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I say black instead of African-American and people in my school ask "Are you racist?" -.-

by Anonymous 12 years ago

It's like, "No, you're just retarded."

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Nah, I'm not that critical. Most of the time. But it's actually because I have a Haitian friend, which sort of forced me to realize "Hey, not every person with a dark skin tone is from Africa or is American. So why am I calling them all African-Americans??"

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Black.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I love you. Black people.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I'm American and I say black. If they can call me white, why shouldn't I be able to call them black? It is not a racist term in and of itself. Calling someone black does not mean I consider them to be beneath me.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

This is why I specified "politically correct," not "morally correct" or some other form of the term. I completely agree with you.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I'm black, and that's what I call myself. This is probably a first, but I don't like the term "African American."

by Anonymous 12 years ago