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How long will it be before black Americans stop using the rediculous term 'African Americans'? You're either African or American. If you were born in the US, you cannot be both.
How stupid would it be if people in Britain referred to themselves as Scandinavian Britons, French Britons or German Britons because that is where most of us could trace our ancestry back to.
How stupid would it be if people in Britain referred to themselves as Scandinavian Britons, French Britons or German Britons because that is where most of us could trace our ancestry back to.
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it was a politically correct term they invented in the 1970s when they also decided that a token black performer should be cast in every TV show, hence mark in ironside and barny in Mission impossible and so on. The first Black actor to get his own show on TV was James Mcceachin but I've forgotten the name of the detective he played./ i can digress for england me. Don't even know if I'm right either I'm just only half concentrating
Sorry Lucy...but you would have to be an American to understand......we are all very proud of our roots,and we do like to let people know where we came from and what our heritage is. I am 1/2 Italian...so I will always describe myself as an Italian-American.........but I am also English-Irish....and supposedly 1/8 Native American...and proud of it ALL.
I knew dot was wrong about the black with a tv show because i knew nat king cole had one .
that wasnt first tho
On November 5, 1956, "The Nat King Cole Show" debuted on NBC-TV. While commentators have often mistakenly hailed Cole as the first African-American to host a network television show, an honor belonging to jazz pianist and singer Hazel Scott in 1950 the Cole program was the first of its kind hosted by a star of Nat Cole's magnitude.
that wasnt first tho
On November 5, 1956, "The Nat King Cole Show" debuted on NBC-TV. While commentators have often mistakenly hailed Cole as the first African-American to host a network television show, an honor belonging to jazz pianist and singer Hazel Scott in 1950 the Cole program was the first of its kind hosted by a star of Nat Cole's magnitude.
I think the term African American was given by the white majority, to define the race of people, especially during the sixties, where segregation in some areas was the norm.
Black people in Britain are now deemed as "Black Britons". It's certainly not a term I have given myself, nor have any other black people I know.
Black people in Britain are now deemed as "Black Britons". It's certainly not a term I have given myself, nor have any other black people I know.
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