-- Posted by Zacyy at 9:42 pm on Jan. 6, 2009 Is it ok if a white person is talking about black people and says blacks instead of African Americans? In class today a teacher was talking about race and she said African Americans but then when she started about Americans she said whites. I think she should be able to say blacks. You? -- Posted by sammiroo at 9:42 pm on Jan. 6, 2009 I'd say blacks. -- Posted by ocho cinco at 9:43 pm on Jan. 6, 2009 the word blacks sounds really bad to me for some reason. when people say african americans i feel like theyre trying too hard to not sound racist. id prefer if you just said black or black people -- Posted by Jazzy Jeff at 9:45 pm on Jan. 6, 2009 Given that Black makes a lot more sense than African American, I'd say go with "Black". There's nothing African about a lot of black people in America. Even the psychotic afrocentric ones. -- Posted by Addiction at 9:46 pm on Jan. 6, 2009 Yeahh white people always get crap about being racist but they call us more shit than we call them! -- Posted by Zacyy at 9:54 pm on Jan. 6, 2009 Quote: from Addiction at 10:46 pm on Jan. 6, 2009 Yeahh white people always get crap about being racist but they call us more shit than we call them! Totally agree! -- Posted by ArrestedAndCharged at 11:12 pm on Jan. 6, 2009 Quote: from ocho cinco at 12:43 am on Jan. 7, 2009 the word blacks sounds really bad to me for some reason.   when people say african americans i feel like theyre trying too hard to not sound racist. id prefer if you just said black or black people Took the words right out of my mouth. My boyfriend is Jamaican, and whenever I've heard somebody refer to him as "African American" I've had to put them in their place and let them know he's not "African American", he's "Jamaican". It's perfectly ok to say "Black" or "Blacks", even though it may not sound too PC. I once referred to a customer I had as "the Chinese woman is order #4" and they all jumped down my throat! But it's like, why? If she's Chinese and a woman, she's a Chinese woman. It's not racist in the least. I don't even know how this whole "let's round them all up as African Americans, Asians, Latinos, etc" came about. If somebody is of a particular race, it's fine to address them as their particular race. Period. -- Posted by TheatreMinelli at 3:29 am on Jan. 7, 2009 I'd say black not all black people are AFRICAN American. If I were say from a different race and people kept calling me african british when in fact I was from say the carribean I would get annoyed. Its like when people call all people from around the india area Pakistani. -- Posted by kidd rune at 11:57 am on Jan. 7, 2009 I lol at people who think all Africans are Negroes and that all Negroes are African (Especially when many haven't set foot in Africa in generations). -- Posted by Moonscar at 4:06 pm on Jan. 7, 2009 Quote: from Addiction at 9:46 pm on Jan. 6, 2009 Yeahh white people always get crap about being racist but they call us more shit than we call them! You know how many white people I have heard that from on the internet? lol You can't determine who calls who more shit. Openly racist/prejudice and non-openly racist/prejudice doesn't matter.