qbert@lemmy.world to Comic Strips@lemmy.world · 2 months agoDefinitely don't ask for it in Spanish!lemmy.worldimagemessage-square115fedilinkarrow-up1710arrow-down178
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minus-squareandros_rex@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·2 months ago“Black” just works as a better term. It’s hilarious when people refer to black folks from other countries as “African American.” I don’t think I’ve ever met anyone offended by being called “black.”
minus-squareCancerMancerlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·2 months agoIf white is not offensive, why would black be offensive? It makes no sense.
minus-squareQueen HawlSera@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months ago“Black” being considered offensive was a thing in the late 90’s, but it didn’t last.
minus-squareBob@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoYeah I remember an anecdote about two Americans on a beach referring to a black British man as something like “African American British” but it was even so long ago that I’ve forgot what they said exactly.
“Black” just works as a better term. It’s hilarious when people refer to black folks from other countries as “African American.”
I don’t think I’ve ever met anyone offended by being called “black.”
If white is not offensive, why would black be offensive? It makes no sense.
“Black” being considered offensive was a thing in the late 90’s, but it didn’t last.
Yeah I remember an anecdote about two Americans on a beach referring to a black British man as something like “African American British” but it was even so long ago that I’ve forgot what they said exactly.