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I think it serves a purpose, if even not for its original intended usage. African American culture is a very real thing, distinct from just "black". No one mig
by ramesh31 1y ago
I think it serves a purpose, if even not for its original intended usage. African American culture is a very real thing, distinct from just "black". No one migrating from Africa would identify with the term; they have their own individual ethnic/national identity to draw on. It's a term that now encompasses the lived experiences of the native born black descendants of American slaves, whose history was erased and have lost all connection to any specific African identity. It's unique from any other kind of blackness, for which there is no other term.
- bryanlarsen 1y ago[dead]
- IAmBroom 1y agoTHIS is the real point. If you dissect the term, it falls apart, but as a unit it is (perhaps) the only term that describes the population. A word can have two components separated by a space. A camel spider is neither a spider nor a camel. Combined, those two words create a new word with its own particular meaning that is useful. Much of that community uses "black" to refer to their culture; it seems to me to be more popular by far than AA. But if one doesn't have the freedom to even name one's people ("You folk are "Indians". Now gather up yer things; we're walking you down to Florida.")... Radical proposal: If a person or group of people you call "X" say they prefer to be called "Y", why is your opinion even relevant?