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Old Mon Jan 24, 2011, 02:41pm
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Originally Posted by JRutledge View Post
It just shows how dumb people are and how they do not even realize that being Black and African-American are totally different things. One is a race classification, the other is a ethnicity. You could technically racially White and be African-American. Ask Charlize Theron who was born in South Africa but lives in L.A.. I do not know if she has citizenship in this country, but if she was she would be an African-American. Only people that do not know try to say something is wrong with calling someone "Black."

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I had a friend that immigrated from Jamaica. He really didn't like being called African-American.
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