Why is the term African American used for people living in America that have African heritage? If America is your country then, wouldn it make more patriotic sense to be American African, so the emphasis would unite our country, rather than divide it?
It’s ludicrous for almost any black American citizen to call themselves an “African American”. I know I sure wouldn’t be proud of my predecessors being slaves and sold off/shipped away to continue being slaves someplace else! I mean, it’s not like successful or elite Africans in their homeland were suddenly chopped down to slaves and sold to America…what exactly are you proud of? Hell, I’d be proud to be benefiting from my forefathers being lucky enough to be shipped away! So it took a few generations to get free…sure beats the hell out of staying in the homeland. Some of those poor saps are STILL slaves. I don’t embrace any slave culture…here or in Africa, and was not a part of either. Be happy your forefathers were part of the one that became more free sooner…which isn’t the African part.
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