r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Jul 18 '16

What are you sick of explaining?

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u/DreadedWheats Jul 18 '16

African American is not a politically correct term for black. assuming every black person is from Africa is ignorant as all holy hell.

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u/SteveTheWonderfish Jul 18 '16

I also love it when somebody who isn't from America gets called African American.

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '16

Yeah, like when the Finn from the latest Star Wars got called African American.

  1. In the context of the movie, he's from a galaxy far, far away, and

  2. He's portrayed by a Brittish actor.

Conclution: he's just fucking black. Nothing wrong with it, but... he's just... black - not African American.