The phrase african american is racist, but its the preferred phrase. You are assuming someone is an african immigrant based on the color of their skin. By all accounts, black is a less racist term. Society rarely makes sense.
Its racist because its applied solely by skin color, regardless of origin. If you assume someone is good at basketball because they are black, thats clearly racist. If you assume they are of african descent because they are black, its equally racist. You are making an assumption solely on the color of their skin. There are black people from many countries, not all of them come from africa. Lots of carribean islands are full of non african black people.
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u/MyPeenyIsTiny Dec 11 '19
In truth implying that only white people can be racist is racist.