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Originally Posted by Sion
I have a problem with the work Black as a descriptive of people who are dark skinned. Why, you ask?
because I've never met or seen, in my 40+ years on this planet, a single black person. I have met, on the other hand, some VERY, VERY dark brown people.
I think we should use the more accurate term: Brown.
And for "whites" we should use the term Beige.
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All good points, but I don't think Brown would work because some Asian people refer to themselves this way.
And if you want to get that specific, then "Americans" will need to stop referring to themselves as such, given the differences between North, South, and Central America. So.... "Americans" should have to start referring to themselves as "United-State Americans" or "Mid-North Americans" or "Lower North Americans" or something..... any other suggestions?