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minus-squaremikesizachrist@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down7·edit-218 days agoWe do need some way to qualify them. They’re not just regular Americans, like us, due to the excess of pigment. Perhaps, Black-American? Negro-American?
minus-squareLemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·18 days agoBlack. They call themselves black. And everyone else is safe to call them black too.
minus-squaremikesizachrist@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down3·18 days agoYeah, i know - im joking. Separately - wtf do you mean “they”?
minus-squareLemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down3·18 days agoBecause if I was black I would’ve said “we.”
minus-squaremikesizachrist@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·18 days agoProbably shouldn’t be speaking for them then…
minus-squareLemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down3·18 days agoI do this thing called listening. I’m simply quoting what other black people have said.
minus-squaremikesizachrist@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·18 days agoSo, you’ve got a black friend, you say?
We do need some way to qualify them. They’re not just regular Americans, like us, due to the excess of pigment. Perhaps, Black-American? Negro-American?
Black. They call themselves black. And everyone else is safe to call them black too.
Yeah, i know - im joking. Separately - wtf do you mean “they”?
Because if I was black I would’ve said “we.”
Probably shouldn’t be speaking for them then…
I do this thing called listening. I’m simply quoting what other black people have said.
So, you’ve got a black friend, you say?