Do you find being called "black" offensive?
 

I live in a small town in Canada, which has a very small black population. I've always just called people of African descent "blacks", in the same way I call Caucasians "whites", without meaning anything harmful or derogatory, as does everyone I know. I'm wondering, though, if "black" people don't like being called that, and would rather be called "African-Canadian" or a similar term. And is the term "Negro" any different?

White people live in Africa too, so it's not a very accurate term. I don't find it offensive and according to some of my friends they prefer to be called black because of it being inaccurate.

African- Canadian sounds bizarre.

I'm not offened. Also there are like three of us on here that I know of.
Anti is semi black I guess....He got dat fro.

This is gonna be a short thread.

i don't get offended if someone calls me black. i do get offended if they call me a jew though.

Well, we've got enough grammar Nazis on this forum, so I guess it's about time we had one of the more traditional variety. Willkommen, mein Herr!

I don't much care for this particular racist joke I heard the other day.

What do you call a white man in court?

The lawyer.

Whites go to court just like everybody else. We're not all lawyers and judges.

I don't much care for this particular lawyer jokes I heard the other day.

Q: What's the difference between a jellyfish and a lawyer?
A: One's a spineless, poisonous blob. The other is a form of sea life.

Lawyers are just like everybody else. They're not all spineless.

I don't find it offensive at all, but then again, I'm caucasian.

I find it offensive, because I'm white.

I find it to be pretty generic. I've heard fifty million and one racist jokes in my life, and laughed at a fair few of them, so why should one relatively benign racist joke be so terrible?