NextGenBoys;3729071 said:
Because they're not "black" the color. I recently had this discussion over a few drinks with a few of my "black" friends and they said that like to be called African American rather than "black" regardless of whether they're from Africa or not.
It's my lame attempt to be PC.
Dude of color checking in...
Let me see...
Black guy
Black dude
African American guy
African American dude
Ummm.. Let's see... If I had to use color in a sentence...
So... I was out last night and met this pretty cool black dude.
So... I was out last night and met this pretty cool African American dude.
So... I was out last night and met this pretty cool white dude.
So... I was out last night and met this pretty cool caucasian dude.
Just refer to me as black. Africans would probably find me rather American.