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Gemini Cricket · 04-26-2007, 06:28 PM

Here's the deal.
You can't use African American for everyone who is black. I have a Jamaican friend who doesn't like to be called AA because he's not from an African country.
Also, Dave Matthews calls himself African American.
It's all gray... so to speak.

04-26-2007, 06:28 PM	#65
Gemini Cricket ... Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13,244	Here's the deal. You can't use African American for everyone who is black. I have a Jamaican friend who doesn't like to be called AA because he's not from an African country. Also, Dave Matthews calls himself African American. It's all gray... so to speak.
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