Do you say African-American or black?

I was having a discussion with my sister about what we would prefer to be called. I understand some of you may call us derogatory terms, this conversation isn’t really for you.

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SW-User

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

basilfawlty89 · 31-35, M

@SW-User Although Caucasian is actually a misnomer as the actual people from the Caucasus mountains aren't white, they're brown. The nomenclature is thanks to Blumenbach.

bijouxbroussard · F

@SW-User And someone [b]born[/b] in Africa can specify in which [b]country[/b] on that continent they were born. So other than South Africa, they don’t have to use the term—they can say they’re “Ugandan-American”, for example.