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Okay, from now on I won't try to keep my posts short.
It's my understanding that the label "African-American" was brought into the current vernacular because Blacks were tired of the label "Black".
It was, at one time, okay to call them "Negro" because that's what they are, just as I am a "Caucassian". "Negro" (which is Spanish for "black") was a little too close to the term "nigger" (which actually means "lazy") so another label was needed. Enter "Colored". This was the standard term until it was changed to "Black".
I believe it was John Wayne who said the hyphen's only use is to SEPARATE. Think about it.
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