I don’t. I’ve always considered myself to be African American. There is no country called Black or White, or Negro for that matter.
Tar is black. Graphite is black. By not recognizing the continent or land that I come from, is a disregard to my ancestors and bloodline.
In the 80s, black activists met at operation Push, and they all decided that our population would no longer go by the phrase Black American. This is how the phrase or title African American came about.
The term Black became popular in the late 60s and 70s, because our population no longer wanted to be called Colored or Negro Americans.
Every other population is recognized by the name of the country or region they come from: Chinese American, Latin American or Mexican American, etc.
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