*The time has come for the people of color in the U.S. to again make the assessment of our placement on the planet by way of our ethnic moniker.
A young man has called to task the use of the term “African-American” as being irrelevant to our present footing in the country. Being “black” is enough for him.
Gibre George (pictured), 38, is a black man from Miami and he started a Facebook page called “Don’t Call Me African-American” to express his opinions on the identifier.
But, what he did not know was that there were many more folks out there that agree with him. So far, he has garnered 1,872 likes and 1,743 people who are “talking about this.”
According to the Atlanta-Journal Constitution, George believes his point-of-view is shared with a younger generation …
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I don’t like the term because it implies that I’m an immigrant. I was born in these here United States, ergo, I, along with my bi-racial President of the United States, am American. I used to work for an Egyptian Dr, she was HIGHLY offended when I referred to her as A/A.
This is sho-nuff stoopid! Who really cares what this annonymous person considers himself. It shouldn’t be this newsworthy. So he doesn’t want to be called African-American….who really cares? Sometimes folks who crave for the limelight and their 15 minutes will concoct some position just to get their names in the press. There more important issues at hand like the economy, homelessness and poor school systems. Fanteeking
A more accurate ethnic monicker is “Black American”. Africa is a continent, not a country. People from countries on the continent of Africa identify with the country and not the continent. Therefore Egyptians are “Egyptians”, Nigerians are “Nigerians”, Algerians are “Algerian”, Somolis are “Somoli” etc.
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If you want to know what people think you are just walk out of a room.