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Originally Posted by jtodd_fl
OK... question for real. I sometimes get confused as to appropriate use of different descriptors. Is there like a "Strunk & Black" usage guide somewhere (ok - ALMOST serious).
Specifically, I hear African American, Black, Black People, People of Color (yeah - y'all get proper case punctuation).
Sometimes, any of them sound right, other times, they don't. Guidelines appreciated. For example, I would say "Yeah, @verbiage is a black guy." But I would NEVER say "Yeah, X, Y, and Z are blacks."
#blackgrammar
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I'll give some examples, hopefully none of which get me ban'd.
Negro - possibly not acceptable under any circumstances post Civil War Era.
Colored - see above.
People of color - possibly Black Panther talk, advocates for being advocates of civil disobedience and violence to protect the race.
African American - the box you choose on surveys, since some people still bitch about not being of African origin. Are you fucking serious, Marquita?