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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I understood what the PP meant.  Seriously, who says "black boys" these days?   You sound right out of the 1960s.  Why not call them Negros while you're at it?[/quote]

I'm black.  I say black boys all the time.  I didn't get the memo that we were only supposed to say AA boys.[/quote]

And, these children may be neither African American nor African.  With the diversity in the area, especially the World Bank and IMF people, there are lots of people who are "black," but who self identify as, for example, French.  So maybe it's people who realize that who are the people who say "black boys" these days.  Geesh![/quote]

I know a lot of black people from Africa, the caribbean, of African, Caribbean and Arab origin that are citizens of other countries such as France, Germany, the Netherlands , UK or the US. Of these, the majority identify both as black and as nationals of either their country of origin or their adoptive country. The exception are the Arabs who may identify themselves as Arabs as well as their nationality. Most people who are black have no problem being called black. I have yet to meet a black person who is also, say, French or German or British who has a problem being called black. It is not a derogatory term for us. I am more concerned with being treated equally than about being called black. [/quote]

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