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Chovexani

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Tue Sep-25-07 06:01 PM
Response to Reply #19

27. I can see both sides of the issue

It's a tricky subject.

I agree with the people down thread who treat it as a formal/informal type of thing. I've had well-meaning white friends call me that and I tell them to just call me black, it's cool.

Personally I don't like it because of the "otherness" concept, and also it's just plain messy as a term. Charlize Theron is also "African-American", and so is anyone from Morocco or Egypt. I appreciate the well-meaning attitude behind it but...it just rubs me the wrong way.

It's funny though because most of the Asian people I know seem to prefer Asian-American. Different strokes, I guess. :shrug:

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