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Originally posted by THGL
It's my understanding that this all started with the label "African-American". Someone got tired of the label "Black" and needed something different.
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...yes..
and before that it was 'negro'
and before that it was 'colored'
and before that it was 'darkie'
and before that it was 'nigger'
and before that it was 'savages from the jungle'
i'm sorry. i don't mean to be...'strange', but really, i think the whole label thing didn't start 'because black people wanted it to'. it started because others wanted to separate blacks because "they were inferior". really, i think it was a long time before blacks or any orther ethnic group other than white could truly call themselves an 'American'.