I have always found it very interesting why some people prefer the politically correct term "African American" over the term "Black". The fact that a caucasian who was born in Africa can be called "African American" takes away the special quality that we (meaning black people) expected to feel when we were referred to, or when we referred to ourselves as "African American".

Some may ask what the big deal is. Well, the problem is, black americans have never had our own identity since we were stolen and brought over to this country we call the land of the free. We were stripped of our roots, and brainwashed into believing that we needed to distance ourselves from our motherland. And alot of us still feel that disconection.

Then someone decided it was okay to have a connection to Africa, seeing as how that is where we are from, but at the same time we are americans...so why not put the two together? But, have we as black americans stood up and attempted to do anything about the genocide that is occuring in Africa as we speak? How can we call ourselves "African American" and not seem to care about the "African" half of our lineage?

In other words, we still have yet to find our own identity. There's no debate that we are all Africans, and that the term "Black" is technically a color, yet for me, it gets right to the heart of who we are...black and beautiful, black and proud.