In my youth in the South, “Black” was very offensive. “Nigra” was the normal way “Negro” was pronounced. “Colored” was considered polite by white and ....well, Colored folk.
“African” was probably as offensive as “Black”.
Me? I’m an American who lives in a tanish-redish hide, when it’s not muddy or sunburned. In the winter, it gets a bit pale.
Right now, my miniscule Cherokee and Blackfoot blood is showing.
No, I’m not running for Senator from Massachusetts or for a Harvard faculty position.
“In my youth in the South, “Black” was very offensive. “Nigra” was the normal way “Negro” “
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Good to have a fellow southerner chime in.
The Yankees on this thread seem to have many misconceptions.