Posted on 11/06/2014 2:59:25 PM PST by DogByte6RER
I’m about ready to move back to “Negro”. It is not a pejorative, especially if it is not intended to be. It was historically used in a non-pejorative way.
We gave up using it in the first round of “political correct” self-censorship, but the idea that “black” was more respectful than “negro” never made sense. But no one wants to offend, so we went with “black”. Then “african-american”. But to me “Negro” is the easiest and most respectful way to refer to your race, especially if you aren’t sensitive about it and no offense is intended.
So, I prefer “Negro”. Since I’m not Negro, though, and I don’t want to offend, I’ll stick with whatever people prefer to hear.
I worked with an African American. His parents were Italian working in Africa. He was born in Ethiopia. Aa is not a racial designation, it us a nationality or geographic one.
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