I am not African American

I am not African America. The history behind the use of the term African American. What Black people have been called in the past. Why the term African American is a misnomer. I choose to be called Black. I know that I came to America via Africa. Love and respect for my ancestory. I do not claim any other ancestry. Call me African or call me American but don't call me African-America.

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[Happy62193]

you are african american, black is a color not a race. you are african

[Dieutogo321]

Omg this lady is fucking retarded..

[SehkFeatherz]

what we call ourselves is a personal choice the problem is when we force labels on others. study the entire earth culture that means all the cultures on the earth. alot of ppl use names and titles 2 place stereotypes and prejudice on others. ie, blacks do this, indians do this, whites do this. when on the real we are non-action action reaction beings & thats it. we create imaginary borders & boundaries & expect everyone 2 live n & under the lines we create because we can be quite small minded.

[SehkFeatherz]

these bodies belongs to the earth. culture is what we choose to live under while we in these bodies.. i am apart of GoodFreeWill culture. none of us chose how our bodies were going to look but its our spirit that is important. being in a body is a blessing. it is our minds, our deeds and actions to ourselves and others that is important. these bodies are empty shells/vessels that our energy possess', we can name these bodies whatever we like but at the end of the dite, inner soul search matters.

[shespeakstroof]

All of your rationalizing still makes no sense. It's not about geography. So you're Black with a capital "B". That speaks to you not understanding your origin. I could even understand you wanting to be American over BLACK. Black IS a color. We don't go around calling people of other origins "Yellow" or "Tan". Even so called WHITE people are identified as Caucasians or Europeans. My DNA was shipped here by way of Africa. It's why I look the way I do. You too. This is really quite a sad video.

[xIIxRUExIIx]

............So it was easy for the division to occur and seperate the human "race" so to speak into smaller races by birth and skin. I could teach you a thing or 6.

[xIIxRUExIIx]

This clip started out WRONG! Why would you say you're not African American & still call yourself "BLACK!?" You're not black either. You're BROWN. Africa is where civilization BEGAN so naturally they would call themselves African. After that . As people spread out and countries were named others started to classify themselves as where they were FROM because they were ignorant to their original ancestors. They only looked back so far........

[nkanga4]

you are right you are not african american you are a stupid ass american smfh!!!

[dan88muwanga]

American Blacks and African Blacks may share the same skin complexion ,anatomy and looks but deep inside the two are very different.We should all just be ourselves while respecting each others' differences.

[dan88muwanga]

I for one agree with you,Im an African born and raised there if I migrated to America and aquired citizenship,it wouldnt make me an American you,on the other hand were born and raised over there which makes you and American who just happens to be of the same race with Black Africans.