[Innockcroff]

I know some really get agitated by this and wanted to know if the non African American Blacks feel this way or do you not give a care?

[CaseyFronczek]

This is dumb shit. I remember a US newscaster calling a group of black Euros "African Americans". I cant remember if they were Brits or french.

[Eugen80]

It's a bit hard to tell if they're Euro.

[nitivearchit]

to me a Nigerian born in America is African American and has more rights to call himself African American than triracials known as Aframs

[KernJetenue]

This is dumb shit. I remember a US newscaster calling a group of black Euros "African Americans". I cant remember if they were Brits or french.

I heard about a stupid reporter in the USA calling a black british "African American" all the time. The guy got really pissed off in the end, because he kept correcting her ("I'm not African American") but the woman kept making the same mistake. I guess she learned that it was PC to call all blacks "African American" and was struggling when facing this new situation. Not the smartest girl.

[251EPyso]

A lot of people in my mom's family (not my mom, but her sisters, most of my cousins) get quite pissed when people assume they're African-American. It's strange; they feel a sort of kinship with African-Americans because of shared experiences, but at the same time they really have an "us" and "them" mentality.

Not so much my dad's family because they've been in the States since the early 1900s. They are more like me - they'll tell people they're of Bahamian descent, but don't get angry if assumed to be African American. I don't care, since I was born and raised in The States and thus consider myself American. I will often correct people if they say, "well you're African American so," and tell them I'm actually West Indian/Caribbean American but I don't get upset over it.

I think it's stupid to called black British people African American though. Don't see the logic in that.

[Coededgeme]

to me a Nigerian born in America is African American and has more rights to call himself African American than triracials known as Aframs

The ironic this is I've yet to see a "Triracial" Afram, at least with scores like mine...So IDK what you're talking about.

To answer the OP's question, I personally can't stand it, simply because I have so much pride in who I am. At the same time, I feel a connection to Aframs, Anglo West Indians, Central Americans and Latinos of African descent. Belizeans are pretty flexible in that way

[Machater]

The ironic this is I've yet to see a Triracial Afram, at least with scores like mine...So IDK what you're talking about.

To answer the OP's question, I personally can't stand it, simply because I have so much pride in who I am. At the same time, I feel a connection to Aframs, Anglo West Indians, Central Americans and Latinos of African descent.

Bellame,Awall,Madden and Jonboy have some native ancestry

[Doncarlito]

Bellame,Awall,Madden and Jonboy have some native ancestry

Wow 1%...Amazing . I guess that makes me Quadracial then, since I'm 1% middle eastern

[K0aM7urg]

Wow 1%...Amazing

well Awall's aunt has more than it and Bellame probably has more than that

[DownloadADOBEsoftware]

well Awall's aunt has more than it and Bellame probably has more than that

My point is that it is Negligible, and too small to refer to them as "Triracial". Show me an Afram that even got even 3%. Either way this is off topic.

[Zavdpacq]

My point is that it is Negligible, and too small to refer to them as "Triracial". Show me an Afram that even got even 3%. Either way this is off topic.

Awall's aunt is 5% native at 23andme imagine at McDonald and World9(Dodecad)

[Immonnaornach]

Awall's aunt is 5% native at 23andme imagine at McDonald and World9(Dodecad)

That doesn't mean sh!t...My lowest Amerind scores are on 23andMe, and not by much. Amerind is not like African, it's doesn't necessarily go up with other tests. Sometimes it goes down

An Afram woman I'm sharing with is 5% Native on 23andMe (V3) and 1% on McDonald's. I think it's the same with Jonboy

Back to topic....

[JJoon077]

I don't live in America, but if I did I wouldn't care if someone called me African American, what's the big deal? :S

[kubekniekubek]

I don't live in America, but if I did I wouldn't care if someone called me African American, what's the big deal? :S

Because you are neither directly African or American...That's there big deal

[Beedcardabeme]

Because you are neither directly African or American...That's there big deal

If your parents are from Africa and you happen to born in America you're African American I think it was big mistake to give "African Americans" to black people in America and especially giving it a racial meaning rather than geographic,I think people known as Aframs should be called "Black Americans" the same way whites are called "white American"

[hexniks]

If your parents are from Africa and you happen to born in America you're African American I think it was big mistake to give "African Americans" to black people in America and especially giving it a racial meaning rather than geographic,I think people known as Aframs should be called "Black Americans" the same way whites are called "white American"

That's what I say everyday. That's Belizean's call Aframs

[Giselle]

I have no problem being called African American, It's what people assume I am when they meet me 8/10 times so its not a big deal, given the opportunity I will correct them and say no I'm half Dominican 1/4 Nigerian 1/4 Sierra leonean. However if I don't have the time to explain I just keep it moving. Some Nigerians I know HATE being called black, just HATE it. they dont want to be called black or African American. My dad also saw himself differently the only places were he really identified where with some people in Louisiana (creoles), or other Caribbean Americans.

I think African americans Have every right to call themselves "African American" They are claiming their ancestral homeland while claiming an American Identity. Most white americans can point to at least ONE line of heritage, Most African Americans can not, so I think a pan African identity with an American one makes sense. Anyway just my two cents


PS: Africa American also call themselves black Americans, its not as rigid as it may seem on this forum.