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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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@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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@bijouxbroussard I’ve actually had that happen to me before as well ! I think the guy was just joking but it was still really offensive.