2 Responses for "Which term do you prefer?"

1. justin bieber March 14th, 2010 at 9:22 am 1

   I prefer being called african-american. I also think african-american is the more appropiate term.

2. justin bieber March 14th, 2010 at 9:22 am 2

   African-American is not a great term to use because many ethnic groups are African but they are NOT black. The Amazigh tribes of North Africa are caucasian and genetically similar to Italians. Also, such as in your case, you are a Jamaican-American more so than an African-American because the term generally applies to the American descendants of black slaves. So, African-American is not correct.Coloreds is offensive. Out and out.So, black American is probably the best and most correct term. Even though your skin may not be technically black and could possibly be even lighter than most white people's. It means you can trace origin back to Sub-Saharan Africa. Coloreds gives no indication of ethnic heritage and African-American being used solely to describe black people is very offensive to non-black Africans (as there are European, Caucasian, Arab, and Asian Africans) because you're denying them their heritage.