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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ohmygod.

Get a fucking grip.  [/quote]

THIS.  I can't even take DCUM seriously anymore.[/quote]

I agree completely that it's ridiculous.  But there are parents out there teaching this nonsense to their kids.  That everything and anything can be taken as 'offensive' or as 'cultural appropriation'.  Where do you think the girls learned about this?[/quote]

Yep.  I was talking with my daughter and her friend the other day about a friend of mine.  Just in passing, it came up that she (my friend) is black.  My daughter's friend said, "I really don't think we should be referring to African Americans as 'black'."  It's very offensive.

OMG.  No doubt her parents have been feeding her this garbage.[/quote]

I recently presented some research results about my company's "African American" customers to a team with a lot of Black people on it.  In the research I referred to "African Amercians" and they told me "Black" is actually the preferred term.  So I use that now.  I'm sure at some point I'll be told that's wrong and it needs to be switched to some other term.[/quote]

Honest question, no snark intended, but are you over the age of 35?

I'm in my late 30s and recently found out that Black is the preferred term now as well.  I was informed of this by some younger friends.  I started to pay attention and I've found that in my circle, those around 35ish and over still use AA, but those younger always say Black.  [/quote]

I teach sociology online. My students range from 18 to 60. People use both, but seem to use "black" when talking about actual people, as opposed to "the African American community" or something like that. I'm white, and 45, and just use whichever seems to be the better choice, or mimic the student if it's a response. I've never had anyone correct me, or send me a private message about it.[/quote]

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