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**irridgita** · 07-12-2012, 10:53 AM

African is more descriptive of a region, as on the continent of Africa, a Moroccan who is Caucasian is African because he is from the continent, while Black is more of a race, as in descendants of maroons and slaves.

African is a racial term. I doubt anyone thinks of Moroccans as "Africans," least of all Moroccans themselves, unless they are trying to play a juvenile game of "gotcha!" Still, for the sake of precision the term Sub-Saharan African is used to signify race.

Johnnyboy, for whatever it's worth, my view of blacks like you is that of "new world blacks." To me this term reflects not just the racial difference between you and african africans (ie most of you are partly mixed, while africans are "pure," so to speak), but also your historical, cultural and developmental differences. "African American" may have once done the job, but I think many of you yourselves can realize that african africans are "kinda different," so if you were to keep using "African American" it'd mean considering them part of your closest in-group, but my guess is you don't want to do that, because they just seem too different (for now, anyway; 100 years from now, who knows).

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irridgita Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 470 Senior Member	African is more descriptive of a region, as on the continent of Africa, a Moroccan who is Caucasian is African because he is from the continent, while Black is more of a race, as in descendants of maroons and slaves. African is a racial term. I doubt anyone thinks of Moroccans as "Africans," least of all Moroccans themselves, unless they are trying to play a juvenile game of "gotcha!" Still, for the sake of precision the term Sub-Saharan African is used to signify race. Johnnyboy, for whatever it's worth, my view of blacks like you is that of "new world blacks." To me this term reflects not just the racial difference between you and african africans (ie most of you are partly mixed, while africans are "pure," so to speak), but also your historical, cultural and developmental differences. "African American" may have once done the job, but I think many of you yourselves can realize that african africans are "kinda different," so if you were to keep using "African American" it'd mean considering them part of your closest in-group, but my guess is you don't want to do that, because they just seem too different (for now, anyway; 100 years from now, who knows).
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