Originally Posted by GoldHeart (Post 11064922)

Yeah but like the dated awful word "coloured" people eventually realised it's actually ok to actually say BLACK , it's strange that African American is still used . Obviously it's no where near as cringe as saying "coloured" though.

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet (Post 11065006)

I met a beautiful American woman on a plane once who said she always wanted to join the Mile High Club but only with a native American man with Scottish Ancestry!

She introduced herself as Claudia and I told her I was called Sequoia Tayanita McTavish

Originally Posted by thesheriff443 (Post 11065018)

The only time you been in a plane toilet getting hot and steamy is when you had to take a dump.

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet (Post 11065020)

i would never have an Ertha on a plane

no way hose

Originally Posted by smudgie (Post 11064986)

African American surely means someone whose roots are from the Continent of Africa.
As to not knowing which precise country they originate from makes no different, they are from the continent.
Africans were the natives of the country of Africa, and as such were only ever the black people.
White people born in Africa would be classed as whatever country they were born in.
Whites from South Africa would be South African or Afrikaners.
I have many cousins born in South Africa who would not consider themselves as African, on the other hand the younger generation wonder why they can’t be called African.:shrug:

Originally Posted by Livia (Post 11065002)

Because black people chose it.

Read the thread.

Originally Posted by GoldHeart (Post 11065047)

I'm fully aware, I'm saying how it's STILL used.

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier (Post 11065145)

You can end up with some confusion for the young'uns though - e.g. when she was about 8 my daughter was constantly referring to black BRITISH celebrities as "African American" :think: ...

Her intentions were pure.

Originally Posted by Livia (Post 11065504)

When my eldest nieces were small they spoke with an American accent for a while because they were obsessed with Hannah Montana. Maybe we are the 51st state?!

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier (Post 11065514)

It was VicTorious/Sam & Cat and iCarly here but yes she was obsessed with the idea of living in America and at one point identified as "American".

She's essentially a teen now so - naturally - it's switched to Anime and she is Japanese.