About using "afro american" thing.

Well I cant comment on the US as im from UK and there was a time 'black' was deemed offensive and the term 'coloured' was preffered but most black people found that more offensive cos what does that mean? So should white people be non-coloured? and asian people washed out? so its back to black and that doesnt bother me call a spade a spade and a black man a black man. how can you be offended over that? thats like saying how dare u call me a woman when im a woman. Ok so maybe theyre not techincally black black but lets be reasonable! Political Correctness is too crazy Im mixed race, bi-racial, half caste mulatto whatever you wanna call me I dont find any of those terms offensive. Maybe i dont know their deep historical meanings but maybe neither do the people who call me them so no maliciousness is meant right.

I also think that political correctness has gotten out of hand and has in fact made it harder for people to say something without offending another group or individual. People should be able to distinguish between a direct and intentional insult and a word used to describe and so on. I use the terms black, Negro, indigenous and Aboriginal, as I am Australian. I honestly don't see the big deal with describing someone as a 'black person' (although obviously they're not *black*), and I think the majority of people of African or 'coloured' decent also don't have a problem with it. I am white, or Caucasian, and I don't have a problem being described as such, even though my heritage is actually Greek/Lebanese.

I don't know why people think it's negative to say "black". I have no problem with someone calling me "white". My ancestors came over from Ireland and while I am cherish my heritage, I do not consider myself "Irish-American". I am an American, plain and simple. I really can't stand all of this political correctness in the world today.

I have black friends, and they refer to themselves as people of color. I think that sounds pretty cool. So that's how I describe them. Or just call them black people.

I never say African American due to the fact I have no clue where they are from. All of my friends that are black, have no issue with the world black, just like I'm white, I'm not offended by being called white, just like they don't get offended being called black.

It's hard to keep track of what is politically correct these days but I believe the word Negro is sort of a universal word to describe a person of color who's heritage is native to Africa.