I don’t like the term African-American
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BostonBeanStalk
My husband prefers to be called black rather than African-American.
King Tripple Whopper
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Brandon Cross
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Sapphire Mermaid
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Dan 26
Lol I don’t think the world sees the color of American arrogance as being black
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King Tripple Whopper
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Brandon Cross
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LordLundin
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user150809
Lol, not @LordLundin that the AI made sound like a hillbilly coming in here trying to say he likes to use the gamer word!☢️😅 Anyway, I'm not sure that this issue should be raised by Caucasians necessarily. I think people should be called whatever they want to be called. At the end of the day, it's about the tone. The way in which you say black, or African-American, or African. you can make any race or word for that matter, sound problematic if you say it with enough hatred in your voice.
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Brian williams
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Sky pilot 77
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Brandon Cross
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Brandon Cross
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Tyler⚔️🛡️
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Sky pilot 77
Hard stop Tyler. Puerto Rican here. Yes we have African blood and some of us. But we are not black. Tell that to a Cuban or Puerto Rican and you level to get punched in the mouth. Incidentally Jamaicans came from Africa. Just saying.
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Brandon Cross
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Tyler⚔️🛡️
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King Tripple Whopper
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Sky pilot 77
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King Tripple Whopper
then bring the stats Pat
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King Tripple Whopper
Thats just you sir! I will bring some research of younger generations out here for you to take a look at.
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King Tripple Whopper
Young Puerto Ricans who identify as Black increasingly embrace Afro‑Puerto Rican and Afro‑Latino labels, rejecting older “we’re all just mixed” narratives that minimized Blackness. They draw on African‑rooted music, art, and community spaces to affirm pride and openly name racism and colorism in daily life. On the island, they challenge colorblind ideas that erase unequal treatment. In the U.S., many comfortably say “I’m Black and Puerto Rican,” navigating a racial system that often separates “Hispanic” and “Black.” Across both contexts, they balance Black pride, Puerto Rican nationalism, and a push to confront anti‑Blackness rather than hide behind mixed‑race myths.
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King Tripple Whopper
Here are the main sources - NBC News – “Surprised by census results, many in Puerto Rico reconsider views on race” https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/surprised-census-results-many-puerto-rico-reconsider-views-race-rcna3101 - Community Psychology – “What Does Blackness Mean in Puerto Rico? Opening a Conversation with Youth” https://www.communitypsychology.com/blackness-in-puerto-rico/ - Yale National Initiative / Teachers Institute – “Understanding Ethnic Labels and Puerto Rican Identity” https://teachersinstitute.yale.edu/curriculum/units/2000/1/00.01.05/5 - UNC (dissertation/report) – “Racial identification among Puerto Ricans in New York City” (PDF) https://cdr.lib.unc.edu/downloads/pz50hb390?locale=en - The Observer (Case Western Reserve University student newspaper) – “Questioning what it means to be ‘black enough’” https://observer.case.edu/smith-questioning-what-it-means-to-be-black-enough/
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Sky pilot 77
people can identify with whatever they wish. If they're not biologically that thing, they're just playing a very sad game of charades.
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King Tripple Whopper
That is the beauty of free will.
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Sky pilot 77
At the triple whopper. You're correct about free will. Or any of you alive during the late 80s and early 90s when you had millions of white kids talking dressing and acting "" black. They were pathetic. Yes, again I say you can identify with whatever you wish but if you're not that thing, you're just playing a sad game of charades.
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King Tripple Whopper
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Jim,man of GOD, friend to GOD
Boy, did King triple whopper have a lot to say about this subject. In some ways, I agree with you, Brandon, it doesn’t make sense. Africa is a continent and on that continent there are many countries everybody else from all nations know where they came from except those who were just called themselves, Black. We really can’t claim to be Native Americans because, well, you know the story. And even though we were napped and brought over here, nobody has ever thought pushing for the right to make those people truly free Americans. So truly, we don’t really know how to define ourselves. And don’t worry about hating the term African-American because Africans hate it too. A lot of them don’t wanna be associated with the blacks that came over to this nation and over to the European nations of slaves more than they want to be associated with malaria. I agree with you also that if you’re born here, it only makes sense to say that you’re an American, but you know that that that still is not specific enough as far as who you really are as a person as a nation, even as a group. I’m satisfied with being called an American more than I am with being called an African-American, because I don’t think Africans like us very much. However, that still doesn’t counter the truth, which is that we have descended from parts of Africa, unknown to us. But I reality is that even after going through all of that slavery and everything connected with it, we still have a solid history and the power to stand and battle for our rights. More than some other groups having in this country. And yet we are still considered the lowest people on the totem pole.
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LordLundin
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Nino
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King Tripple Whopper
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