Jesse Jackson started the ridiculous “african american” term. Radical in the 60s didn’t like to be called “colored” or “black” any longer, so it went from “afro american” to “african american” in the middle 80s, spearheaded by black racists like Jackson, and because democrats like to pigeon hole people and keep the races separated they went along with it. Blacks that are proud of their heritage can’t stand to be called anything but American and that’s the way it should be.
Jesse Robinson Jackson is a relative of Moochelle Robinson Obama. She spent so much time in his home that the siblings called her Sis