Glenn Beck: "African-American is a bogus, PC, made-up term - not a race&quo

[QUOTE="MrGeezer"][QUOTE="theBeorn"] nothing wrong in saying BLACK.Nerkcon

Albinos, the true whites, must hate the fact that they get lumped in with you peaches.

[QUOTE="MrGeezer"][QUOTE="theBeorn"] nothing wrong in saying BLACK.Nerkcon

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thoughts?

as as side:

Beck hosted a show called African American Conservatives as well

weezyfb

ughhhh

glen beck, glen beck, glen beck where do i start?(omfg thats a tongue twister)

and where do i end?

this doesnt surprise me but i do listen to his show (yes im guilty) i only listen to it to hear whatever crap hes spouting in the morning and get kicks out of how sad he is and how sad i am to be listening to a very sad sad man

He kind of does have a point. Besides, I've always found it weird calling someone who's black African American, whereas I would call other people white, Asian, Indian, or aboriginal.Setsa

that is true

[QUOTE="tocool340"]I hated being called African American as well. I'd whether be called brown guy....MuddVader

This thread leads me to believe that most people are colourblind.

I still remember my high school Gov/Eco teacher refering to blacks that live on the continent of Africa as "African-Americans". One of those moments where you aren't quite sure what you just heard, then you facepalm when you continue to hear it.

wallymartin

some people have become so overly sensitive, so overly PC, and so pussified it makes me sick...i call everyone the samething "person", and if they are snobs then its Sh**head!

"PC" is a term that's thrown around by people who don't like getting called out when they say something reprehensible.PannicAtack

I am noticing more and more that is true, but in this case I agree. As I am not from Africa i can not be an African-American. But people have been criticising the term for a while now.

Black and white? Should Asians be called yellow?

I think people should be categorized, if at all, by their place of birth. If you're born in America, you're American, and so on. About two years ago I was embarrassed for my classmates because our substitute's skin color was "white", yet she was from (*gasp*) South Africa. She said she was South African and everyone laughed, while I was in the corner face-palming.

Where's the problem here?

He's right.

Black and white? Should Asians be called yellow?

I think people should be categorized, if at all, by their place of birth. If you're born in America, you're American, and so on. About two years ago I was embarrassed for my classmates because our substitute's skin color was "white", yet she was from (*gasp*) South Africa. She said she was South African and everyone laughed, while I was in the corner face-palming.

I don't really see what's wrong with the term "African-American". Why does that term get criticized so much?

[QUOTE="Astrapsody"]

Black and white? Should Asians be called yellow?

I think people should be categorized, if at all, by their place of birth. If you're born in America, you're American, and so on. About two years ago I was embarrassed for my classmates because our substitute's skin color was "white", yet she was from (*gasp*) South Africa. She said she was South African and everyone laughed, while I was in the corner face-palming.

mattbbpl

People of African descent? People with African heritage? I think that would suffice. Calling someone African-American when they're not from Africa living in America (or vice-versa) is not accurate.

I don't really see what's wrong with the term "African-American". Why does that term get criticized so much?

-Sun_Tzu-

Although I think the terms aren't accurate, I can't say that it matters much to me either.

[QUOTE="mattbbpl"][QUOTE="Astrapsody"]

Black and white? Should Asians be called yellow?

I think people should be categorized, if at all, by their place of birth. If you're born in America, you're American, and so on. About two years ago I was embarrassed for my classmates because our substitute's skin color was "white", yet she was from (*gasp*) South Africa. She said she was South African and everyone laughed, while I was in the corner face-palming.

Astrapsody

People of African descent? People with African heritage? I think that would suffice. Calling someone African-American when they're not from Africa living in America (or vice-versa) is not accurate.

Edit: For the record, "People of African descent" is still a racial category - just a very long winded one.

[QUOTE="Astrapsody"]

[QUOTE="mattbbpl"] Racial categories are just as important as any other characteristic because there are differences between them. How would I say, "[African Americans] are more likely to suffer from sickle cell anemia" if I can't use racial classifications? A mere racial classification isn't derogatory - it's just a description.mattbbpl

People of African descent? People with African heritage? I think that would suffice. Calling someone African-American when they're not from Africa living in America (or vice-versa) is not accurate.

Yes, even that's fine with me. I'm not saying African-American is offensive, I'm just saying that inaccurate terms shouldn't be used.

EDIT: Again, I sort of take that back. There's more than just two skin colors. Look at the my post below.

If you are a brown colored skin human being I will call you black. You may call me white.

There we go. Problem solved.

If you are a brown colored skin human being I will call you black. You may call me white.

There we go. Problem solved.

FamiBox

There's more than just two categories. What do we intend to call people born in Asia. I'd just call them Asians, but from your logic we should do something different.

I'm not called a german-american, why should black people be called african-americans? Glenn has a point, not all black people are from Africa.