What do Black people like to be categorised as?

Question

What name do you like? Black, Colored, Minority, African-American, Afro-American, *****, *****, ******, Brown. Keep in mind that you have to be categorised, even to just describe a person or yourself. White people, what do you feel comfortable saying, seriously?

Answer 1

[Rant: Contrary to others, who seem to be promoting the notion of being colorblind (coincidentally, their avatars all seem to be white - the hegemonic "default race" one might call it), I don't mind recognizing race.  It's something that people deal with in every facet of life - you can't simply plug your ears anytime someone brings it up...  Recognizing race does not equal racism.]

Anyway, I'm white - I don't mind being called white.  I have "black" friends.  If I want to sound pompous, then I whip out the "African-American" label.

If you're looking to explore issues of race with regard to the African-American community, I suggest perusing http://www.theroot.com and/or http://www.racialicious.com

Answer 2

I wouldn't feel comfortable being called colored or any of the starry '****' versions.Everything else is okay although I personally say African-American.I personally think 'Afro' is kind of funny because you're classifying s/o based on a physical attribute.Have you ever noticed how races are usually classified by the region that race is said to have originated.Caucasian=Caucasus Mountains.This is why African-American seems pretty fair of a reference to me.

Answer 3

ninjas.

Answer 4

People

Answer 5

american. you do not need to be categorized that's why we have names for.

Answer 6

Americans.  I call people by their names.

Answer 7

Humans, like everyone else

Answer 8

Eh. Black is cool. African American can fly. Afro-American...it has a ring to it.  

Colored won't work simply because of Jim Crow and the whole White/Colored only signs thing.

Minority refers to white males only...

Call me a ni33er and I will refuse to associate with you.

Mass'uh might be kinda nice.

Ideally, I'd like to be called by my name, though.