Do you say African-American or black?

Whatever you would rather be called. I would prefer just American. But if you have to make some kind of distinction, I want to know which you would prefer?

I have no hate for anyone until they disrespect me. Does not matter their color.

I had awkward conversation with a white lady & for some reason she wanted to tell me her daughters favorite doll was "African-American". & i was like...dolls dont have nationalities :? Lmao thats like saying barbie is French canadian. Its weirdly specific & presumptious.

With me they’re interchangeable. But then I remember how the term came into being, back when most of us had no idea which countries in Africa those ancestors came from, so we couldn’t say Nigerian-American, Congolese-American, etc. the way people say they’re Irish- or Italian-American, Mexican-American et al, back at a point when people were interested in embracing their roots and hyphenating. Now DNA tests provide a lot of that information, but people still use the term (African-American). I refer to myself mostly as “black” even though technically I’m biracial, because when you see me, you see a black woman. I figure, why complicate things. 😊

@Stark Yeah, I’ve heard that before. In the 70s an older white guy came up to me using all this ridiculous slang like he thought he was trying to “relate” to me or something, I guess. I hadn’t yet opened my mouth, so he had no way of knowing how I’d sound. I finally told him, no ‘vernacular’, “please don’t feel you need to do that...”
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Black 90% of the time because that's the word people use to describe themselves. African-American when I'm talking about specific population groups, but the term is kind of imprecise.

Both, same as us being called white or caucasian ...African person would be born in Africa?

Black. I'm not from Africa. Why arent white people continually called European American

I don't refer to anyone by race unless it help identify them to a stranger who doesn't recognize the name.

I say their name,I don't know if someone is African just by looking at them

Were you born in Africa?

I think black is best, I call myself black

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I say black. To me, African-American has nothing to do with color. I have a friend who was born in South Africa, then moved to America. She just happens to be white, but she's African-American. Any color people born in Africa are African. Any color people born in America are American.

Black.

I'm brown, they're white, etc.

Should have done a poll.
Black

Sexy, I mean both.

I say black, some people might find it more offensive saying African American if they're..let's say Jamaican or something.

Black. The human hearth is in Africa, therefore I’m white and African-American.

Black. Although it’s no more descriptive than white is.

Am black African from northern Africa

Too me you guys are just Americans.

Having friends from Haiti and Jamaica, I use both.

I generally ask what the person would prefer.

I'm not sure what to use O:

Both, depending on the context

African-American

Coloreds

The latter one.

Black.

Black

Black

Either

Black

black.

Black

Black

Black

black.

BLACK

It's not my lane, but I think African-American specifically refers to the descendants of Sub-Saharan Africans who were enslaved. Whereas black could mean someone who is say from the UK and moved to America, but from African descent.

I say Black.

black