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Topic	African American for Black American is an offensive term
Taharqa_ 09/04/20 11:48:57 PM #17:	Wii_Shaker posted... I have black friends that despise being called African American. They reason that they have no ties to African culture, which is very valid, imo. They grew up American and they are black. Why is this even an issue? A lack of knowledge of their own history, sad. A lot of things that carried over into African-American culture is African. --- "If you want to move fast, practice slowly...if you want to move like lightning, practice in stillness." <cite>Taharqa_ posted [p:944228843] in African Am... [t:78954998]...</cite> <quote>Wii_Shaker posted... </cite> <quote>I have black friends that despise being called African American. They reason that they have no ties to African culture, which is very valid, imo. They grew up American and they are black. Why is this even an issue?</quote> A lack of knowledge of their own history, sad. A lot of things that carried over into African-American culture is African. --- "If you want to move fast, practice slowly...if you want to move like lightning, practice in stillness."</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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