Do you find being called "black" offensive?

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03-02-2015, 02:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Soulflower

How is it weird?

Black is technically not a race it is color and a socially constructed label for African Americans.

How is African American a race? Is a white guy from South Africa not African? Is an Arab from Egypt not African? Wouldn't they technically be African American if they moved to America? Or do they just not count because they're not black?

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