Black Or African American?

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[naomithompson]

There IS a difference between race and ethnicity

[naturallyphilo]

90-something countries in Africa!!!??? WOW! And I love how the "Ghanaian-American" girl just sits there and nodes her head. Like yah both needa educate yourselves. There are 55 countries in Africa.

[briannajocelyn]

Just because you are black doesn't mean you're African American 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[dinas]

I'm black y'all. I'm black y'all I'm black black black black black y'all!! 🎤😂

[vernzervernzerz]

Black is a race. African American is an ethnicity

[kingshali]

90-something countries in Africa? Nah bro, 54.

[manzilla]

Tottenham Hotspur are the deadest team in London

[MetroLee]

Bro said it's like 90 something countries in Africa. 💀

[killlamas]

I hate when people call me African American. I'm just American. Who is this African person. I'm American primarily with island heritage but I just so happen to be black. What if we all just started calling all white people Euro-American? What do the white people from Africa who become American citizens call themselves, "white-African American"? The term is lame.

[eenskuuu]

I'm just jealous of black people's skin. I mean it looks so clean. I feel like their skin doesn't get red or anything and it just looks flawless

[diannaparis]

In England, black people don't go around calling themselves African British/English or Black British. It's so extra in my opinion and theres no need for such a distinction to be made between white and black people.


Also, considering that the only people in America that are truly American are the Native Americans, if there is going to be this distinction, all the white americans should refer to themselves as Scottish-american, Polish-American etc.

This is why I do not get why there is a specific distinction of black people being singled out as the non-native Americans. It just seems unneccessarily imbalanced IN MY OPINION. You don't have to care about my opinion or agree. That's okay. I didn't even expect to get so many likes or for my comment to get so much attention.

[HewanYitagesu]

I cringed when he said "90 something countries in Africa"! Dude, what continent on planet earth has 90 countries?!?!?!

[limeyfigdet]

Africa is a continent, so if you call yourself African American it implies that you're from Africa, which just isn't true for people born elsewhere. I was born in the US and I'm an American citizen, so I just think of myself as black.

 Sure, my ancestors were African, but I didn't come from there, so calling myself an African American would be inaccurate.

[adrianpaul]

Keep this comment with an odd amount of likes

[willmenalove]

I always wondered why are they labeled black? when they're clearly not black they're brown
No offence I'm not trying to be racist I just have little information about it

[lexsi]

Black=Race
American =Nationality
Specifics(ex. Jamaican, Kenyan, Grenadian, Sudanese etc)=Ethnicity

[LotsOfZebras]

*Is it just me, but I swear black people look flawless!!* They are so pretty and their skin is perfect!!! :D

[asseater]

1:38 THANK YOU OMG THATS EXACTLY HOW I FEEL ABOUT IT WHY AM I CALLING MYSELF AFRICAN AMERICAN WHEN I HAVENT BEEN TO AFRICA AND NEITHER HAVE ANY OF MY FAMILY MEMBERS FOR GENERATIONS! That's like some white guy who's ancestors came from Germany in the 1600s calling himself German American instead of white. I identify as black of Caribbean American since I know that culture and my grandparents were born there

[ellakitching]

Wow so early! Anyway, I see that it could be a problem with the way of describing. I mean, most people don't go around saying they are European American, they are white. So of they are happy being called black, you can do that. If they are happy being called African American, you can do that. It doesn't matter what skin tone you are, as long as the other person is happy with any terms you use to describe them.

[briadelaney]

The racism in these comments is insane