When we consider ourselves in a Ethnic group called Black Americans,,,,,, (654 hits)
we have allowed AMERICA to put us in a Ethnic group that takes away our history and puts black Americans ''history'' in the hands of white america ,,,,,,,with this in mind I hate to say it but HARRY is almost right "Black Americans are neither Africans nor Caucasians'' when we ALLOW ''OURSELVES'' to be put in a Ethnic group called ''Black Americans'',,,,,,
WE MUST CHANGE THE ''Ethnic group'' TO '' ? '' A NAME THAT TIES US BACK TO OUR AFRICAN ANCESTORS !
BLACK PEOPLE http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_people The term "black people" is an everyday English-language phrase, often used in North America to refer to Americans and Canadians of Sub-Saharan African descent.[1][2] Outside North America, the term "black people", or close translations of it, is also used in other socially based systems of racial classification, or of ethnicity for persons who are perceived to be dark-skinned relative to other "racial" groups – or else who are defined as belonging to a "black" ethnicity in the country. Different societies, such as Australia, Brazil, the United Kingdom, the United States, and South Africa apply differing criteria regarding who is classified as "black", and these have also varied over time. Often social variables, such as class and socio-economic status, affect classification, so that relatively dark-skinned people can be classified as white if they fulfill other social criteria of "whiteness," and relatively light-skinned people can be classified as black if they fulfill the social criteria for "blackness" in a particular setting.[3] As a result, in North America, for example, the term "black people" is not necessarily an indicator of skin color but of a socially based racial classification related to being African American, with a family history related to institutionalized slavery.[4][5] In other regions, such as Australia and Melanesia, the term "black" has been applied to, and used by, populations with a very different history.
African Americans, also referred to as Black Americans or Afro-Americans, are citizens or residents of the United States who have total or partial ancestry from any of the native populations of Sub-Saharan Africa.[3][4] African Americans constitute the second largest racial and ethnic minority in the United States.[5] Most African Americans are of West and Central African descent and are descendants of enslaved blacks within the boundaries of the present United States.[6][7] However, some immigrants from African, Caribbean, Central American, and South American nations, and their descendants, may be identified or self-identify with the term.[4] African-American history starts in the 16th century, with Africans forcibly taken to Spanish and English colonies in North America as slaves. After the United States came into being, black people continued to be enslaved and treated as inferiors. These circumstances were changed by Reconstruction, development of the black community, participation in the great military conflicts of the United States, the elimination of racial segregation, and the Civil Rights Movement. In 2008, Barack Obama was the first African American to be elected president of the United States. The geographical-origin-based term "African American" is commonly used interchangeably with "black American".
